Re: [Boost-build] How to add support for *.C source files

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-14 03:40:38

Hi Noel,

> I'm reasonably new to boost build and I suspect this question has been
> asked & answered before but  I haven't found one.
>
> I've got a simple Jamfile
>
> lib Fmwk : [ glob *.C ] ;
>
> that attempts build a library from c++ source files with upper case C
> suffixes.  When I build with bjam, I get this error message.  I get the
> same error message if I specify the file explicitly.
>
> [kbelco_at_sahp6583 votd]$ bjam
> /home/kbelco/boost_1_33_1/tools/build/v2/build/generators.jam:922: in
> ensure-type from module generators
> error: target { Fmwk_Algorithm.C. } has no type

Please use the following in your Jamroot:

  import type ;
  type.register-suffixes C : CPP ;

> It appears that the Jambase file in jam_src is configured to recognize
> *.C c++ files but it clearly doesn't work correctly on either Darwin or
> Linux Redhat Enterprise 4 with boost 1.33.1.

I'd be wary of making this a default setting (in tools/type/cpp.jam), because 
Windows has case-insensitive files system, so it's easy to start compiling C 
files as C++.

- Volodya