Re: [Boost-build] [bbv2] creating a main rule and respectingexplicit

From: Renaud Lepere (renaud.lepere_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-03 12:55:46

> > I am trying to create a new top rule that work with the
> > explicit keyword. I tried the following code, but when
> > I call bjam i get "hello all". How can i do this ?
> >
> > rule mytest ( name )
> > {
> >     echo $(name) all ;
> > }
> 
> This defined a rule (that is, function), that prints "$(name) all".
> 
> > mytest hello ;
> 
> This calls the above rule, which prints "hello all".
> 
> What exactly are you trying to do? All main target rules work 
> with "explicit" 
> out of box, and it's impossible to write main target rule 
> what would ignore 
> "explicit". 

I'm trying to make a specific install rule, and i want to call
this install rule in all my project.

rule my-install ( install-name : project-name )
{
    install $(install-name)-bin : $(project-name)        
                                : <location>../build/bin 
                                : <install-type>SHARED_LIB ;
    install $(install-name)/lib : $(project-name)           
                                : <location>../build/lib 
                                : <install-type>STATIC_LIB ;
}
.. 
and latter i want to write in my jamfiles

my-install install-abo : abo ;
explicit install-abo ; 

> 
> Have you read extender manual already? It's 
> http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/extender.html and 
> is the first 
> think you should do before adding custom main target rules.

Thanks i will read this

Renaud