Re: [Boost-build] Tool generating multiple files

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-28 19:00:28

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Reece Dunn
> 
> You will need to write a custom generator for the T file. If 
> you look at
> what the C generators are doing, you'll find out how they are scanning
> for H/HPP dependencies and adding them to BBv2.

Ok, I'll do that. I only hope I can actually understand whats happening
:)

> That's all the information I can give you. Vladimir Prus 
> would be able to
> give you more info if needed.
> 
> The only other thing I can suggest is to look through the 
> Boost Jamfile.v2
> files for the Boost libraries as some of these are using some 
> neat tricks.

I hope looking at the C generators should be good enough. It is good
that by virtue of the architecture, there are lots of examples, but they
are quite hard to read if you don't know *all* the bjam commands/rules
by heart.

Thanks!

Sohail