Re: [Boost-build] [Boost][Build][v2] Adding command line options

From: K. Noel Belcourt (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-07 17:11:14

On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:

> K. Noel Belcourt wrote:
>> I've looked at what's done in the Boost distribution but from what I
>> can tell, it seems to require modifications to the Jambase, which I'd
>> rather avoid if possible.  Any ideas?
>
> No need to change Jambase... There's a global var "ARGV" which  
> holds all
> the arguments. Take a look at how the Boost Jamfile.v2
> <http://boost.cvs.sourceforge.net/boost/boost/Jamfile.v2? 
> revision=1.38&view=markup#l_175>
> handles all the options it uses.

Okay, that's weird.

Here's my Jamroot

        local build-directory = [ MATCH "^--builddir=(.*)" : $(ARGV) ] ;
        build-directory ?= bin ;

        project : : : build-dir $(build-directory) ;

bjam --v2

builds in the bin directory as it should.  Unfortunately,

bjam --v2 --builddir=junk

also builds in the bin directory.  Anything obvious I'm doing wrong?

-- Noel