[boost] Re: [BGL] graphviz vs. MSVC 7.1

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-12 08:35:52

Mat Marcus <mmarcus-boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Did a bit more research on this. It seems that Rene Rivera posted a
> hacked Jamfile for msvc/graphviz on boost-users last month (see
> below). This appears to work. No I am curious. Is there a way to
> incorporate something like this into the real Jamfile? Or should I be
> playing with v2? Maybe not since the Jamfile.v2 seems to require lex
> and yacc. I am trying to get the graphviz stuff to work in a the
> context of a group containing individuals with bare-bones
> environments.  If I require too many external tools then I will face
> barriers to acceptance.
>
> Thanks,
> Mat
>

Please don't post tabs in source snippets!  I had to indent the
following to evaluate it.

> subproject libs/graph/build ;
>
> SOURCES = graphviz_graph_lex graphviz_digraph_lex
> graphviz_graph_parser graphviz_digraph_parser ;
>
> GRAPHVIZ_DEFS(graphviz_graph_parser) =
>    GRAPHVIZ_GRAPH=boost::GraphvizGraph
>    GRAPHVIZ_DIRECTED=0
>    ;
>
> GRAPHVIZ_DEFS(graphviz_digraph_parser) =
>    GRAPHVIZ_GRAPH=boost::GraphvizDigraph
>    GRAPHVIZ_DIRECTED=1
>    ;
>
> {
>
>     rule bgl-lib-file
>     {
>         local objects source defs ;
>         defs = $(DEFINES) ;
>         for source in $(>)
>         {
>             DEFINES = $(defs) $(GRAPHVIZ_DEFS($(source:B))) ;
>             objects += [ Objects $(source) ] ;
>         }
>         LibraryFromObjects $(<) : $(objects) ;
>     }
>     local gGENERATOR_FUNCTION(LIB) = bgl-lib-file ;
>
>     lib bgl-viz
>         : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp
>         : <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT)
>         : debug <inlining>on #inlining prevents linker name clashes due to truncation!
>         ;
>
> }

Well, this is a hack, but it if it were commented I don't see why it
shouldn't be in the Jamfile.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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