Re: [jamboost] Mulitple projects in a single Jamfile

From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-08 08:35:35

Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> 
> In your real environment, do you really have multiple source files
> with the same name living in different directories? If you do,
> then things get more complicated. However, if you have something like:
> 
> +-root
> --+-util
> ----|-a.cc
> ----+-sub1
> ------|-b.cc
> 
> Then you can do:
> (1) In root, put an empty Jamroot file (or can have other stuff you want)
> 
> (2) In the util directory, put a Jamfile which has:
> 
> project myproject : source-location . sub1 ;
> 
> lib util : a.cc b.cc ;
> 
> 
> (3) Then go to the util directory, and type bjam
> 

Take a closer look to the subject :)

In the beginning of the thread Timgift wrote:

> I'm currently using Perforce jam and find it very convenient to have
> the complete project in a single Jamfile, which is only 300 or so
> lines long. I do a fair amount of refactoring, moving files around,
> etc., and having a single Jamfile makes life a lot easier. The
> alternative is 20+ Jamfiles, which seems a little overkill.

So your answer wasn't useful because it requires to have a lot of Jamfiles.

Andrey