Re: [Boost-build] [v2] Use executable target in an actions

From: Ilya Sokolov (fal_delivery_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-21 02:55:24

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>>read
>>http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl? 
>>Boost.Build_V2/UsingBuiltTool
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is an elegant solution if only I could make it work.  The  
> COMMAND is not built before it's used in the actions.  It may be that  
> the way I'm using it is the problem, not sure.  This is what I've got  
> so far.
> 
> # xmldb.jam
> feature inline-binary : : free dependency ;
> toolset.flags xmldb.concat.xml COMMAND <inline-binary> ;
> 
> type.register XML : xml ;
> type.register XMLDB : xmldb ;
> generators.register-composing xmldb.concat.xml : XML : XMLDB ;
> 
> actions xmldb.concat.xml bind COMMAND
> {
>    $(COMMAND) $(<) $(>)
> }
> 
> # xmlconcat.jam
> exe xmlc : $(source-files) ;
> 
> # parser.jam
> import xmldb ;
> xmldb foo.db : main.xml : <inline-binary>/xmlconcat//xmlc ;
> 
> When I build, the value of COMMAND is bin/xmlconcat/gcc-3.4.3/debug/ 
> xmlc but there is no executable in that directory, so it doesn't  
> appear to be building it before using it.  Can you see what I'm doing  
> wrong?

i think it's a bbv2 bug, but you can try the following:

# parser.jam
alias xmlc : /xmlconcat//xmlc ;
import xmldb ;
xmldb foo.db : main.xml : <inline-binary>xmlc ;