Re: [Boost-build] [bjam] SHELL and EXIT changes.

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-04 01:21:35

Rene Rivera wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> Because the Perforce/Jambase defines a =Shell= rule which hides the 
>>> builtin
>> Why would it?  Jam is case sensitive.
> 
> Hm, another good question :-) Truthfully I added the COMMAND alias when 
> a user complained about not being able to access the builtin through the 
> SHELL name. So I'm not sure where the other name came from. I wrote the 
> above from old memories :-\
> 
> Perhaps that user is watching and can volunteer a rational.

Aha, found it! The Perforce/Jambase defines:

#
# Backwards compatibility with jam 1, where rules were uppercased.
#

rule BULK { Bulk $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule FILE { File $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule HDRRULE { HdrRule $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule INSTALL { Install $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule LIBRARY { Library $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule LIBS { LinkLibraries $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule LINK { Link $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule MAIN { Main $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule SETUID { Setuid $(<) ; }
rule SHELL { Shell $(<) : $(>) ; }
rule UNDEFINES { Undefines $(<) : $(>) ; }

I'll change the docs to reflect the SHELL name.

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