Re: [Boost-build] Migrating autotools driven project to BB2

From: Jorge Suit Perez Ronda (josp.jorge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-01 08:08:31

Hi Mateusz,

> I'd like to confirm I successfully use your module config and
> it does the job very well. Big Thanks!

good to know it!

> I think it's a good base to extend and customize, so I'm going to use it
> for my further experiments.
> For now, I post it as config.jam file into my SVN playground:
>
>
> http://mloskot.devjavu.com/projects/mloskot/browser/trunk/boost/build/config.jam
>
> I hope you don't mind, do you?

for me is OK, I will update config.jam from that repository, also if I had
any changes I'll ask you about how to merge it.

> I added a few comments, so now when I put the config.jam into
> $BOOST_BUILD_PATH/utils, bjam --help config prints nice message :-)
> Yes, nothing serious, but I've just started exploring the world of BB2.
>
> However, I think it would be better to put custom and project-specific
> modules into location like <project>/bb.
> How can I tell bjam to look into <project>/bb for modules?
>
> BTW, do you have any plans to extend and publish your module somewhere?

what would be nice is that config.jam be accepted and enhanced by the
Boost-Build community, any comment from the experts would be helpful.

thanks to you, regards,

Jorge