Re: [boost] How to identify sub-libraries/modules of a library?

Subject: Re: [boost] How to identify sub-libraries/modules of a library?
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-09 07:50:01

Le 09/06/14 12:59, Peter Dimov a écrit :
> Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
>
>> Could someone point me where can I find the things to do to split a 
>> library in submodules?
>> How to identify them?
>> How to have separated regression test pages?
>> What the new boostdev tool needs?
>
> Sub-submodules are subdirectories in the module directory that have 
> their own directory structure inside:
>
>    include/
>    test/
>    doc/
>    src/
>
> and so on.
>
> The regression script creates a separate page if the module directory 
> contains a file named 'sublibs' and the Jamfile for the sub-submodule 
> is in a test subdirectory of the subsubmodule subdirectory. (I think).
>
> So:
>
> libs/module
>    sublibs
>    submodule/
>        test/
>            Jamfile.v2
>
> 'boostdep' identifies a subsubmodule such as those in numeric by 
> looking for a sublibs file and an include/ directory.
>
> libs/module
>    sublibs
>    submodule/
>        include/
>            boost/
>                module/
>                    submodule/
>                        header.hpp
>
> In summary, the structure you need is:
>
> libs/module/
>    sublibs
>    submodule/
>        include/
>        test/
>
> Subsubmodules are a bit of a pain for the tools though, so I'm not 
> sure if it's a good idea to create more of them. Since they are all in 
> the same repository, they are not actually separate modules on a 
> physical level, they will just appear this way in the report. So it'd 
> be a bit deceptive.
>
>
Thanks, this is what I needed to know.
Vicente