Re: [Boost-build] [boost-build] telling one project to depend on another

From: Ilya Sokolov (fal_delivery_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-12 05:41:37

Hello, Brian!

you wrote:

> In simp_envelopes/Jamfile I have this:
> ------------
> project simplify-libs
> 	: usage-requirements <include>simp_envelopes
> 	;
> 
> lib simplify : [ glob *.cc ]
> 	     : <include>simp_envelopes ;
> ------------
> which I believe should tell my_libs to include
> simp_envelopes/simp_envelopes, if only my_libs can know that it should
> depend on the simp_envelopes project.

you right

> My my_libs Jamfile:
> ------------
> project my_libs
> 	: requirements <include>../simp_envelopes
> 	: usage-requirements <include>include
> 	;
> 
> lib my_libs : [ glob *.cc ] /simplify-libs//simplify
>     	        : <include>include
> 	        ;
> -------------
> I had to add the requirements <include>../simp_envelopes for my_libs
> to find the include files for simp_envelopes... is there a way to get
> my_libs to depend on simp_envelopes (or simplify-libs) and take care
> of this automatically?

We have this feature already, so you dont need `: requirements 
<include>../simp_envelopes' in the example above

> Finally, I have defined a library name open-mesh to point to my
> external library, but I don't know how to have my my_libs essentially
> require linking against open-mesh.  This is in fact even more
> important because I don't currently have a way of making my
> application build rule depend on open-mesh.

place open-mech to my_libs source list