Re: [jamboost] Re: Simplify target path generation?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-23 09:43:12

Hi Jürgen,

> > Jürgen Hunold wrote:
> >
> > Is it because you like to have generated headers placed in the same
> > place as build products? Why?
>
> Please consider the following sequence:
>
> bjam release
> bjam debug clean
> bjam release
>
> This would first build a complete release build, then clean the debug
> tree and then again rebuild _all_ generated files which "bjam debug
> clean" has removed.
> Unfortunately, this is something I have to do quite often, due to some
> legacy debug macros used in several of my projects ;-( 

Ok, I understand your motivation. I don't have a problem with declaring that
putting generated files to the regular place is ok, and marking the relevant 
issue as invalid. Or anybody think we really need to place bison/lex products 
to "bin", not "bin/toolset/debug"?

- Volodya