Re: Place binaries outside of the source tree

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-11 10:40:33

Zbynek Winkler <zwin_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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

That was the way ALL_LOCATE_TARGET used to work in BBv1; not sure of
the current status, though.

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