Re: dependent library

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-15 04:45:24

Joel de Guzman wrote:

> 
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> On Tuesday 15 February 2005 03:49, Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>I'm confused. What's wrong with this?
>>>
>>>exe quickbook
>>>
>>> : detail/quickbook.cpp /boost/program_options//program_options
>>> : <include>$(BOOST_ROOT)
>>>
>>> ;
>>>
>>>It's working on my copy of 1.32.0. Eric says he gets:
>>>
>>>error: Unable to find file or target named
>>>error: '/boost/program_options//program_options'
>>>error: referred from project at
>>>error: '.'
>> 
>> 
>> In CVS version? The problem is that in CVS version there's no code that
>> makes "/boost/program_options" valid project id. In 1.32 there were a
>> bunch of 'build-project' statements in the top-level Jamfile, but when I
>> implemented install support for V2, they were gone.
>> 
>> I've just committed the attached patch which should make your example
>> working. The downside is that now a verbose message from Boost.Regex is
>> printed....
> 
> Thanks. So, which is the preferred way to add a library?
> 
> /boost/program_options//program_options
> 
> or
> 
> $(BOOST_ROOT)/libs/program_options///program_options
> 
> ?

The first one, because it's less verbose and independent of directory
layout.

- Volodya