Re: [Boost-build] How to get absolute paths?

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-16 11:11:32

Dave Rahardja wrote:

> I've gotten a little further by using:
> 
> rule make-absolute ( paths * : root )
> {
>     local out = ;
>     for p in $(paths)
>     {
>         out += [ path.root $(p) $(root) ] ;
>     }
>     return $(out) ;
> }
> 
> local includes = [ on $(target) return $(INCLUDES) ] ;
> includes = [ make-absolute $(includes) : [ path.native [ path.pwd ] ] ] ;

Try changing that to:

includes = [ path.native [ make-absolute $(includes) : [ path.pwd ] ] ] ;

If that doesn't work, there's a rule in path.jam that minimizes paths.

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