Re: [Boost-build] Why does BBv2 doesn't use .jamdeps?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-25 05:03:23

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 13:01, Markus Schöpflin wrote:
> Alex Besogonov wrote:
> > I wonder why BBv2 doesn't use Jam's header depcache? I've stumbled upon
> > it while wading through jam's sources.
> >
> > Dependency cache is is used in BBv1 and it really imporves compilation
> > speed (especially, on Windows machines).
> >
> > Today I've tried to compile my project with .jamdeps turned on
> > ("modules.poke : HCACHEFILE : .jamdeps ;" in my Jamroot) and it has
> > compiled without problems.
>
> I tried this by creating a file called 'Jamroot' in the boost top level
> directory containing only the line noted above, but I get an error when
> invoking bjam:

You should add this to 'project-root.jam' instead. Boost still uses 
project-root.jam + Jamfile.v2 combo.

- Volodya

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