Re: [jamboost] New response files broke -o option

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-01 09:22:28

On Wednesday 16 November 2005 00:50, Rene Rivera wrote:

> > It means that output of "-o" is not longer standalone. Before, I could:
> >
> > - Take my source
> > - Run "bjam -obuild.bat"
> > - Send somebody sources together with build.bat
> >
> > Now, I'll also have to add ".rsp" files to the sources tree.
>
> Yea. Not exactly ideal :-( Especially given that those files are
> someplace inside the bin tree.

In fact, the "-o" option might not be that good approach for making standalone 
build scripts:

- In current V2, it sometimes includes absolute paths to files. Ops!
- It might also include absolute includes to compiler's dir, and some
other places.

At the very least, I'd need to look into the first issue.

- Volodya