Re: [Boost-build] Building a program and then using it in a make rule

From: Daniel Einspanjer (deinspanjer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-05 18:35:07

"Phillip Seaver" <phil_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:440B1B78.5090609_at_apago.com...
> I've got this so far in my jamfile:
>
> exe dftables : dftables.c ;
> make chartables.c : : dftables : <dependency>dftables ;
> actions dftables
> {
>    dftables $(<)
> }
>
> It works except that the dftables program isn't in the path.  How would
> I get the path for the program in there?  Using a generator seems like
> overkill because it's only done in one place on one file.

I'm not familiar with the make rule, but I did use the generator method 
described in the BB wiki to use a built tool to transform something else.
Check this out and see if maybe you can translate it to your non-generator 
case:
http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost.Build_V2/UsingBuiltTool

If you can figure out what you can pass to toolset.flags for a 
generator.action then you should be able to bind the name of the tool to the 
action and invoke the one built in your output tree.

HTH,