Re: target references

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-12 09:52:48

Just to clarify, my most immediate concerns are getting answers to
these two items, so I can continue with my project of fixing the
documentation:

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> This is unclear from the docs:
>
> given:
>
> foo/
> foo/Jamfile [lib fu : fu.cpp]
> foo/fu.cpp
> foo/bar/ 
> foo/bar/baz/
> foo/bar/baz/Jamfile [exe baz : baz.cpp ..//fu]
> foo/bar/baz/baz.cpp
>
> (no Jamfile in bar)
>
> is the Jamfile in Baz correct, or does it need to say
>
> exe baz : baz.cpp ../..//fu
>
> ??

<snip>

> ...or maybe we just need a very clear and complete description of
> these syntaxes in the documentation. It's possible that the reason
> I'm confused is that I've never seen the rules written down.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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