Re: Using bjam's builtin SHELL rule

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-26 05:56:34

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi Liam,
>
>> I'm interested in using bjam's new (or newish, I don't know, I'm new to
>> jam itself) SHELL builtin rule.
>>
>> I'm using bjam as jam (so without the BoostBuild functionality), and I
>> find that the jam v1 compatibility rules overwrite the SHELL builtin
>> with the Shell rule for dealing with shell scripts.

How is that possible? The SHELL builtin is a variable, not a rule,
IIRC.

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