Re: [jamboost] Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/new path.jam,1.5,1.6

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-26 01:24:19

[2003-02-26] Vladimir Prus wrote:

>Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Update of /cvsroot/boost/boost/tools/build/new
>> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv18831
>>
>> Modified Files:
>> path.jam
>> Log Message:
>> Add relative-to to calculate relative paths between dirs.
>>
>> Index: path.jam
>
>> +# Returns the minimal path to path2 that is relative path1.
>> +#
>> +rule relative-to ( path1 path2 )
>
>Hi Rene,
>
>I wonder what is the difference between 'relative-to' and 'relative'. You 
>certainly seen 'relative', since it's directly above your addition and
there
>must be difference, but the comment does not communicate it.

It will be obvious when I commit the modifier+symlink changes in a few
minutes... But here's the basic use that the other relative doesn't allow:

relative-to bin/gcc/release bin/gcc/release ==> .
relative-to bin/gcc/release subdir ==> ../bin/gcc/release

I need it to make symlinks that don't have the pathalogical
"../../../bin/gcc/release" path in them.

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