Re: [jamboost] Re: Development Tree Layout

From: Rob Stewart (rob_stewart_lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-25 21:01:48

Larry Evans wrote:
> 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:

Thanks. I'll do that if no one else steps forward with a better 
solution. What I dislike about your scheme is that updating to 
1.33.1, for example, means having to move all of the sandbox 
files from one tree to the other. OK, that's not a big deal, but 
I was hoping for a solution whereby the new code would be in a 
separate tree, but tied into it. Then, switching to a new tree 
would involve just modifying a Jamfile, if I'm right.

I'll see if your Jamfile provides clues for doing so.

Thanks again.
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Rob