[Boost-build] Header-only libs

From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-20 19:20:46

I read the documentation, and it says that to define a header-only lib, I 
just list the headers as sources so that boost-build knows which files to 
track for changes. That works fine, except that when an executable refers to 
the header-only lib, I get a link error because it is attempting to link a 
lib file which does not exist.

I understand that if I refer to the lib only through <use> and not through 
<library>, I won't get link errors. But that is not ideal -- what if I add a 
cpp file to the lib at a later time? Ideally, I'd like to setup my jamfiles 
so that if I add a cpp later, I don't have to go through and edit all 
jamfiles that use the lib.

Is there a way to achieve this?

Thanks,
Emil