Re: [jamboost] Re: M4 plan

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-28 01:16:45

David Abrahams wrote:

> IIRC this was supposed to handle things like:
>
>
> bjam msvc gcc foo.obj
> ^^^^^^^
>
> builds all default variants of foo.obj using gcc and msvc
>
> bjam foo.exe
> ^^^^^^^
>
> build all default variants of foo.exe using whatever toolset(s)
> is(/are) the default.

Ah! The ability to recompile just certain object file would be great. OTOH, 
this somehow conflicts with the current command line handling. "foo.obj" will 
be assumed to be main target, and since no such target exists, error will be 
reported.

- Volodya