Re: Development Tree Layout

From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-25 16:57:25

On 08/24/2005 02:24 PM, Rob Stewart wrote:
> 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.
My development tree is:

boost_1_33_0
sandbox //this is where I put development directories
torjo //where, for example, I've downloaded John Torjo's rangelib
lje //this is where I do my development
Jamfile.v2 //this *file* "connects" lje to boost_1_33_0 to
//make it appear part of boost.
//This is done with contents:
<----------------- cut here ---------------------
project boost
: requirements
<include>.
<include>../torjo/boost-root
: usage-requirements
<include>.
<include>../torjo/boost-root
;
>----------------- cut here ---------------------
boost
policy_ptr //for example
libs
policy_ptr
test

HTH,

-regards,
Larry