Re: [Boost-build] forcing a rebuild when using a build variant

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-06 08:40:59

On Friday 05 January 2007 16:45, Stan Gunawan wrote:

> > >
> >
> > bjam -a release
> Sorry I didn't make it clearer. I know about the "-a" option, but I  
> would like to enforce this in project-root.jam / Jamfile.
> 
> I guess the idea is for people not to forget to do a clean first, or  
> use "-a".
> 
> I suppose I could just do an alias bjam-rel="bjam -a release", but  
> that's a bit yucky.

I think auto-rebuild when using "release" is a bit non-standard. I suppose
you can do it by editing build-system.jam and keeping that modification
locally. I can't immediately imagine how this can be supported in a clean
way.

- Volodya