RE: [jamboost] Adding a post link stage

From: Sam Partington (Sam.Partington_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-29 11:54:19

Vladimir Prus <mailto:ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> gccmt.jam :
>> ...
>> # Make the "o" suffix used for gcc toolset on all
>> # platforms
>> type.set-generated-target-suffix OBJ : <toolset>gccmt : o ;
>> type.set-generated-target-suffix EXE : <toolset>gccmt : preelf ;
>> type.set-generated-target-suffix LDR : <toolset>gccmt : ldr ;
>> type.set-generated-target-suffix STATIC_LIB : <toolset>gccmt : a ;
>> ...
>> # Declare generators
>> generators.register-ldlk gccmt.ldlk : EXE : LDR : <toolset>gccmt ;
>> generators.register-linker gccmt.link : LIB OBJ : EXE :
>> <toolset>gccmt ; 
>> 
>> But I get the feeling I'm going about this the wrong way, and that I
>> need to change builtin.jam.
> 
> It looks to me that you're generators exactly minic the
> description of your
> tools. I don't see anything wrong about it.
> 
> Why do you think you need to change builtin.jam?

Thanks for being so prompt! Sorry meant to include the error messages : 

C:/Work/SS/hardware/boost-build/tools\gccmt.jam:57: in load
rule generators.register-ldlk unknown in module gccmt.
C:\Work\SS\hardware\boost-build/kernel\modules.jam:259: in import
C:/Work/SS/hardware/boost-build/build\toolset.jam:22: in using
C:\Work\SS\hardware\boost-build\user-config.jam:6: in modules.load
C:/Work/SS/hardware/boost-build\build-system.jam:56: in load
C:\Work\SS\hardware\boost-build/kernel\modules.jam:259: in import
C:\Work\SS\hardware\boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:120: in boost-build
C:\Work\SS\hardware\boost-build.jam:1: in module scope

I'm not sure I follow the way it all works, but I got the impression that
builtin.jam provided the types of generators - the interface if you like,
and the toolset files provided the implementation. So I figured I would
have to extend the interface somehow. Perhaps I have that wrong.

Also I figured I needed to provide a definition for LDR somewhere, and all
the rest of the definitions were in builtin.jam. When I tried :

declare-type : LDR : ldr : : application ;

just after the imports, the error message was 

C:/Work/SS/hardware/boost-build/tools\gccmt.jam:17: in load
rule declare-type unknown in module gccmt.

Sam
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