Re: [Boost-build] [V2] adding to composite features

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-15 05:52:56

On Tuesday 15 November 2005 13:33, Zbynek Winkler wrote:

> >>Q: How do I add to an already composed feature?
> >
> >You can't. That's why NDEBUG define is specified in the definition of
> >"release"  variant and not later.
>
> If there is some "base project" where all user projects are "inherited"
> from, you could say:
> project
>
>         : requirements
>
>                 <variant>debug:<define>_DEBUG
>         ;
> And that would effectively do what you what.

There is -- user-config.jam is just such universal parent, and putting the 
above there should work. As usual, CVS only :-(

- Volodya