[Boost-build] bjam -f and BB v2

From: João Abecasis (jpabecasis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-12 15:38:43

Hi everyone!

Playing around with BB and bjam I came across and odd behaviour with the 
-f option. This option allows one to override the built-in Jambase file 
with a custom one.

When I run 'bjam -ffile', that is without intervening spaces, as 
documented in --help-usage, bjam will pick file and everything runs 
smoothly.

If, however, I run it as 'bjam -f file', with a space between, bjam will 
still pick up the file argument appropriately, only this will confuse 
boost-build into believing file is actually a target to build, thus 
putting aside other targets:

     > bjam
     ...found 187 targets...
     > bjam -f Jambase
     ...found 2 targets...

Is this intended?

Best regards,

João