Re: [Boost-build] how to "install" a complete directory tree keeping its structure

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-11 04:07:30

On Monday 09 October 2006 18:46, Olivier Smeesters wrote:

Hi Oliver,

> For YUI, it goes like this (partial copy) :
> | project . ;
> | alias menu_assets : [ glob build/menu/assets/* ] : <location>menu/assets
> | ; alias menu : [ glob build/menu/*.js ] menu_assets : <location>menu ;
> | alias yahoo : [ glob build/yahoo/*.js ] : <location>yahoo ;
>
> My application is defined like this:
> | project . ;
> | alias www : [ glob src/* ] ../yui//menu ../yui//yahoo ;
>
> Then, in the Jamroot, I've put instructions to assemble the application:
> | install release/www : acm_gui//www : <location>release/www ;
>
> The problem is that "install" insists on flattening the tree...
>
> How to make a tree-structure-aware install ?

I've just documented that, and the docs should appear in:

   http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/builtins/stage.html

within 10 mins.

Thanks,
Volodya