Re: Place binaries outside of the source tree

From: Zbynek Winkler (zwin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-09 06:55:16

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Hi Zbynek,
> 
> 
>>Is there a way to say that I want to place the binaries outside of my
>>source tree? I've searched the manual but found no trace of it. Thanks.
> 
> 
> You can use the 'build-dir' project attribute, described in 
> 
> http://boost.sourceforge.net/boost-build2/boost_build_v2.html#project_rule

Thanks. Can we drop the 'bin' prefix in such a case? Now we get

top
|- build
| |- bin
| |- number
| | |- bin
| |- mcl
| |- bin
|- number
|- mcl

IMHO once the build-dir is set we do not need the bin dir anymore or do 
we? How about

top
|- build
| |- number
| |- mcl
|- number
|- mcl

?
Zbynek

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