Development Tree Layout

From: Rob Stewart (rob_stewart_lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-24 14:24:32

Is there a recommended way to develop a new Boost library 
alongside a Boost release? IOW, I have Boost 1.33 installed. I 
want to develop a new library to be part of Boost, so I need to 
lay it out as if it were part of Boost, but I don't want to put 
it in the Boost 1.33 tree.

How to I set up Jamfiles, etc., so that my separate tree builds 
properly, including BoostBook? As I have things now, I expanded 
Boost 1.33 into boost_1_33_0, which is a sibling of the directory 
in which I've put the new library code. I want to be able to run 
bjam --v2 in the new library's doc subdirectory for QuickBook and 
I want to be able to install the library headers.

I created a Jamfile.v2 in the doc directory like that of another 
project I found. However, despite trying many things, I can't 
get it to work. Here are the error messages I get depending upon 
whether the top-level Jamfile.v2 exists:

error: Could not find parent for project at '.'
error: Did not find Jamfile or project-root.jam in any parent 
directory.

error: Could not find parent for project at '../../..'
error: Did not find Jamfile or project-root.jam in any parent 
directory.

What am I missing?

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Rob