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From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-22 11:39:06


--- In jamboost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <dave_at_b...> wrote:
> This was just my stupid error, for misusing the 'run' rule.
>
> run automatically derives the abstract target name from the name
of the
> first source file, unless its optional 5th argument is supplied.
>
> Fixed in CVS ;)

Thanks. I'm happy now ;).

I've got another question though. Is there another target type
that's similar to "run", but that always displays its output? If
not, could we add yet another argument definition to make "run"
behave this way? I'm asking, because it would be nice to have a
target that behaves this way for the various "example" programs I
provide in Boost.Threads. These aren't tests, so users would want
to always see the generated output. Having Jam run the examples is
handy because Jam takes care of setting the path for locating the
DLL files needed by the executables.

This would be a low priority request, but I'd sure like to have
something like this :).

Bill Kempf

 


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