Re: install headers in bjam2

From: Mal Cifuentes (malcolm_cifuentes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-07 21:11:55

hi,
this is a moral support post. I am also interested in how you do the 
below. I can only presume no one knows how to do what you have asked, so 
when you manage to work it out can you please post what you get.

thanks
mal

"jbpritts" <jpritts_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> Hello,
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> Suppose I have the following directory structure:
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> ./project-root.jam
> ./Jamfile
> ./CommonModules/foo/Jamfile
> ./CommonModules/foo/doit.h
> ./CommonModules/bar/baz/Jamfile
> ./CommonModules/bar/baz/doit2.h
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> I am trying to write a Jamfile such that given the bjam
> invocation "bjam install --prefix=/opt" at the top level directory
> described above, the following will happen:
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> 1.) foo.so will be placed in /opt/lib
> 2.) baz.so will be placed in /opt/lib
> now here is the kicker...
> 3.) doit.h will be placed in /opt/include/CommonModules/foo
> 4.) doit2.h will be placed in /opt/include/CommonModules/bar/baz
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> This is similar to how Boost include files are installed.
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> I have failed to get 3.) and 4.) to work. bjam is dumping all the
> header files in /opt/include. I would it like it to preserve the
> relative path from the toplevel jamfile so that in my C++ files, I
> can use the following syntax: #include <CommonModules/foo/doit.h>
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> Here is an excerpt of my top level Jamfile (it follows the example
> Jamfile.v2 from the toplevel of the Boost libraries):
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> # Install to system location.
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> alias install : install-libs install-exes install-headers ;
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> install install-libs : $(libraries)
> : <location>$(lib-locate)
> ;
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> install install-exes : $(executables)
> : <location>$(exe-locate)
> ;
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> install install-headers : [ glob CommonModules/*/*.h ]
> : <location>$(include-locate)
> ;
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> explicit install install-libs install-headers install-exes stage ;
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> I am using Boost.Jam 03.01.10 and Boost.Build V2.
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> Thanks,
> Jim.
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