Re: [jamboost] Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/new modifiers.jam,NONE,1.1 symlink.jam,1.6,1.7

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-26 08:02:35

Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>2. Looking at
>>
>> local path-to-source = [ path.relative-to
>> [ path.make [ on $(<) return $(LOCATE) ] ]
>> [ path.make [ on $(>) return $(LOCATE) ] ] ] ;
>>
>>I'm not sure it will work when building from subdir. If 
>>$(>) is located at "../..", will path.relative-to work? I'll be offline
>>for 2-4 hours now, but will try to really break this when I'm back ;-)
>
> It should... can't say I tested it ;-) But I can't see a problem...

This is a perfect job for a __test__ rule in the path module 
(HINT HINT HINT).

We should never add a simple rule like this without a battery of
tests in the module. It's so easy, and it helps nail down the
intended semantics.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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