Re: [Boost-build] Create "pseudo library" from collection of objects

From: Chris Weed (chrisweed_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-27 13:26:22

I can enumerate all of the object rules in my Jamfile, and then alias
this. But what I want is to give it a wildcard expression like
"plugins/*.cpp". That doesn't seem to work.
Chris

On 6/27/06, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> "Chris Weed" <chrisweed_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > I haven't gotten any responses about how to make bjam link all object
> > files directly from a library instead of linking the library. Is there
> > an automated way to generate obj rules for a bunch of source files and
> > alias these to my library name. Basically, if I have a bunch of c++
> > source files in a directory, then do something like a glob to generate
> > object rules and combine those with an alias to create my "pseudo
> > library". This "library" is just a bunch of object files that are
> > referenced as a collection.
>
> That's exactly what I would have suggested you do.  Did you try it?
> Did you have problems?
>
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> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
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