Re: [jamboost] project.jam update

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-03 07:51:35

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 4:43 AM
Subject: [jamboost] project.jam update

>
> Hi,
> I've just comitted a number of changes to project.jam/os.path.jam. In
effect
> they:
> 1. Switch to using relative project locations
> 2. Finally make "project-test1.py" work.
>
> Here's the procedure I've tried
> 1. Make a fresh checkout
> 2. Build jam
> 3. Copy "new/boost-build.jam" to "test"
> 4. Cd to "test"
> 5. Set BOOST_BUILD_PATH to "../new"
> 6. Run "project-test1.py"
> 7. Watch "PASSED" printed.

Great, it works! Now steps 3 and 5 are unneeded.

> A couple of questions
>
> 1. We already look for jam relatively to the test dir. Should we set
> "BOOST_BUILD_PATH" automatically as well, so that we don't pick any
> declaration in the environment?

I think my new boost-build.jam handles that... does it not?

-Dave