Re: [Boost-build] Newbie Clarifications

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-19 09:41:01

DrAnonymous wrote:
> I wondered if someone could humor me and clarify a few things?

Sure.

> - bjam is an executable that can replace make in its most trivial
> case.  So if you wanted to compile a simple hello world example, all
> you would need is bjam, a Jamfile, and the hello world source file.
> Is this true?

Yes.

> - boost.build is a bunch of Jamfiles, containing rules, and targets to
> provide higher level features for doing larger scale builds from
> source code?

Yes.

> - Does bjam do everything that jam and ftjam do, but more?

Not sure how far ftjam has progressed, but I'd guess the answer is still 
yes.

> - Do you have to use Boost.build to use bjam?

No.

> - I have an executable that reads in an input file and produces .cpp
> files (an autocoder).  Does bjam lend itself to running the autocoder
> then compiling the new source files?

Hm, that's a hard question to answer since "lend" is a subjective term. 
But yes, bjam, and Boost.Build, support doing that. In the abstract that 
is what all compilers, linkers, etc. do. They take in input files and 
generate output file(s).

> Your input is really appreciated!

NP.

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