Re: [boost] cross-project dependencies

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-09 00:20:50

David Abrahams wrote:
> Thanks to Rene Rivera, it just got a whole lot easier to use the Boost
> CVS state with your own non-boost projects in Boost.Build v1. Details
> at
> http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost/tools/build/build_system.htm#external
>_project

Well, I've actually surprised about this, and have two questions:

1. Why this became necessary?

2. If this is necessary, then probably syntax which is more similiar to V2 
would be better? FWIW, V2 no longer support target-ids that start with the @ 
symbol.

- Volodya