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From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-05 12:51:17


At 08:48 PM 1/4/2003, David Abrahams wrote:

>> subinclude $(BOOST_ROOT)/libs/whatever/test ;
>
>On second thought, I think subinclude has to use a relative path:
>
> subinclude ../libs/whatever/test ;
>
>It's even shorter when you're in the status directory.

If there are several formss that work, but one is preferred, perhaps a
comment at the front of status/Jamfile

> As a matter of
>fact, I'm pretty sure we can make it automatically find all such
>directories with a Jamfile in them, and subinclude them automatically.

I'm not sure that is a good idea. There might be some test Jamfiles that
aren't meant for inclusion in the main regression test. Or just not ready
to add to the main regression tests yet.

Anyhow, thanks for the quick response to my requests. I'll give the changes
a try and report back on progress.

--Beman

 


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