Re: [Boost-build] Using <find-library> to find boost libraries possible?

From: Johan Nilsson (r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-03 07:21:17

Roland Schwarz wrote:
> I am wondering if it's possible to use bjam to automatically find the
> correct matching (prebuilt) boost library from within user projects:
>

[snip]

>
> I am wondering if there is a way to say something like:
>
> exe hello
>> hello.cpp
>> <sysinclude>/usr/local/include/boost-1_35
>   <find-common-variant-library>boost_thread
> ;

Have you tried using conditional requirements (at the bottom of 
http://boost.sourceforge.net/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/targets.html)? 
You'll have your own method called with the current properties, which could 
then be used to form the decorated target names. Just an idea.

+1 for adding this functionality to Boost.Build v2 itself. I've frequently 
had the need to reference already built boost libraries from my projects.

// Johan