Re: [jamboost] "stage" which traverses dependencies

From: Pedro Ferreira (pedro.ferreira_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-28 08:54:31

Hi Volodya,

Excellent! I am having that very problem right now: when do you think this
will be ready?

Cheers,

Pedro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: [jamboost] "stage" which traverses dependencies

>
> I'm about to make "stage" traverse dependencies, as was requested some
time ago.
> The proposed semantic is described below. If anybody sees any problem with
it,
> I'd be gratefull to know.
>
> TIA,
> Volodya
>
> # The stage rule can also traverse dependencies, for example to install a
> # program an all required libraries. Two properties affect this.
> #
> # - <traverse-dependencies>on tells that dependencies should be
traversed.
> # For each target in 'stage' sources, all sources to that target and
all
> # dependency properties are traversed. Sources and dependecy properties
of
> # those target are traversed recursively.
> #
> # - <include-type>SOME_TYPE tells that targets of SOME_TYPE should be
included.
> # If no such property is specified, then all found targets will be
staged.
> # Otherwise, only targets with types mentioned in <include-type>
property
> # will be included.
> #
> # Example usage::
> #
> # stage dist : hello_world :
> # <traverse-dependencies>on <include-type>EXE
<include-type>SHARED_LIB ;
> #