Re: [jamboost] Re: feature refinement override

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-29 08:47:13

Hi Matt,
>
> Thanks for your help Volodya,
>
> For now I will simply enumerate the free features, and they won't be
> that free anymore...
>
> I use boost build v2 to build my code, and also to run a series of
> tests. These tests require command line arguments, that I provide to
> the executable via these features. Most of these variables have
> predefined values, such as <log_file>/dev/null. But once in a while,
> I'd like to go in there and run a series of tests with e.g.
> <log_file>foo.txt, and being able to do this from the command line
> would help the people running the tests because they wouldn't have to
> play with Jamfiles and such. So yes, ideally, free and multivalued
> would be distinguishable, 

Understood. I'll file an issue. Maybe we'll get to it someday.

- Volodya