Re: [UI] stage rule

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-13 01:48:35

Rene Rivera wrote:

>>Say I have this jamfile
>>
>> exe hello : hello.cpp ;
>> stage store : hello d/1 ;
[...]
>>Before fixing it, I'd like to ask what the semantic should be?
>>
>>1. Should we create "store/d/1", or
>>2. Should we create "store/1"
>>

> V1 does the second case. And I just don't see the utility of doing the first
> case. After all it's creating the "store" stage directory not the "store/d"
> stage directory.

Well, one might want to install complete directory tree somewhere, e.g. Boost 
docs. I think we can have another "install" rule for that, right?

If so, I'll make "stage" behave as in V1.

- Volodya