Re: [jamboost] Re: Using $(SUBDIR) in templates - 1 attachment

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-02 07:44:31

There is a way around this, though: first define a rule which adds
$(SUBDIR)/IncludeDir to a set of build properties:

rule add_include_dir ( build-properties * )
{
return $(build-properties) $(SUBDIR)/IncludeDir
}

Then add "add_include_dir" to your template's requirements section.

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David Abrahams * Boost Consulting
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Frants" <gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lib.boost.build
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 7:29 AM
Subject: [jamboost] Re: Using $(SUBDIR) in templates - 1 attachment

> Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_[hidden]> wrote in
> news:20020827110809-r01010800-ada791e9-0860-0108_at_12.100.89.43:
> >>My goal was to factor out our standard includes in templates. My first
> >>option was to declare these includes paths relative to the c:/project.
> >>I did not succeed at that so I resorted to paths relative to the
> >>executable directories, which are always directly under c:/project.
> >
> > I might need a more concrete example to answer this one definately. But
> > maybe it's the SUBDIR evaluation location. Variables in the template
> > are going to get evaluated where the template was declared not where
> > it's used.
>
> Ok, I put together and attached a simple example. Notice that the include
> directory $(SUBDIR)/IncludeDir does not show up on the commandline when
> running bjam -d2.
>
> Patrick
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