Re: [boost] jamfile for Intel Linux

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-27 07:35:05

----- Original Message -----
From: "joerg.walter" <jhr.walter_at_[hidden]>

> > system should work two ways:
> >
> > 1. The user executes all of the setup scripts for tools she uses before
> > invoking the build system, which clutters the environment with lots of
> stuff
> > for each toolset.
> >
> > 2. The user points the system (on the command-line, in a site-config.jam
> or
> > user-config.jam, or in the environment) at the installation directories
of
> > the toolsets, and the build system does the rest.
>
> I checked this and found a difficulty, which excludes 2. for
> intel-linux-tools.jam IMO: iccvars.sh changes pathes to point to shared
> libraries. If one uses 2. the execution of regression tests in
> $(BOOST_ROOT)/status will fail. So intel-linux-tools.jam currently
presumes
> 1.

I think you should look again at metrowerks-tools.jam. Build actions can
have multiple lines; if properly set up, the corresponding script is called
before the tool is invoked. You could do the same with iccvars.sh.

> > Once again, please have a look at BOOST_ROOT/status/Jamfile.
>
> As far as I currently understand, $(BOOST_ROOT)/status/Jamfile builds and
> executes regression tests. But which Jamfile builds other library specific
> examples?

None, I guess. Often the examples are part of the regression tests (or at
least they should be)...

> > * Slowness
>
> Didn't really notice that ;-)

In the status Jamfile things are pretty slow.

> > * Inflexibility (dealing with multiple compiler versions, target
> platforms)
>
> Agreed.
>
> > * Difficulty of maintenance
>
> Partly due to jam itself?

Partly, but that's why I've been adding features like crazy ;-)
Now that it's done, I think the language is a lot stronger.

> > * Difficulty of setup
>
> Ok.
>
> > And then there are some really cool things we could do which we're not
> > currently doing:
> >
> >
>
http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Configuration
> > _And_Installation
>
> I'll have a look at it.

Please also browse through the main Boost.Build Wiki page and associated
links:
http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost.Build
(when the site is reachable again ;-))

> [snip]
>
> Best regards
>
> Joerg
>
> P.S.: I'll attach the current intel-linux-tools.jam.

Thanks!
Sorry to keep coming back to you with this, but if you could try to get the
invocation of iccvars.sh into each action, I will check in your toolset
file.