Re: [jamboost] howto use bjam for independent projects

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-19 01:22:52

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to use bjam for my normal projects with their own Jamrules
> file and directory structure, but I cannot find an explanation on how to
> link with boost libraries or whatever project. Is there any documentation
> somewhere?

You might want to try Boost.Build V2. In that case using a library from boost 
is a simple as putting

path_to_boost/libs/filesystem//libboost_filesystem

in the sources of target which needs the library. More details can be found 
at:

http://boost.sourceforge.net/boost-build2/boost_build_v2.html#using_libraries

The primary issue to keep in mind is that V2 does not have as many toolsets as 
V1, however msvc and gcc are supported for quite some time already.

- Volodya