Re: [Boost-build] target names

From: Andrej van der Zee (mavdzee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-22 10:40:33

In the meanwhile I found the following ways to
override the default naming conventions:

import type ;
type.set-generated-target-prefix SHARED_LIB : : "" ;
type.set-generated-target-suffix EXE : : exe ;

Greets,
Andrej

--- Dave Rahardja <drahardja_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> > [mailto:boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden]] On
> Behalf Of 
> > Andrej van der Zee
> > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 2:25 AM
> > To: boost-build_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: [Boost-build] target names
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am new to bjam and now I am struggling with the
> > names of targets. I want to build an exe-target
> with a
> > dot in its name ("name.ext"). For example, if I do
> the
> > following:
> > 
> > exe name.ext
> >   : [ glob *.cpp ]
> >   ;
> > 
> > It creates an executable called "name" instead of
> > "name.ext".
> > 
> > Also, I want to build an Apache module (a shared
> > library) that is called "mod_name.so". When I use
> > something like this:
> > 
> > lib mod_name
> >   : [ glob *.cpp ]
> >   ;
> > 
> > It prepends "lib" to the name.
> > 
> > Is there anyway to have more control over the
> target
> > names? How can I fix this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Andrej
> 
> You can't. The target naming conventions are
> controlled by the tool
> definitions. You need to modify those definitions to
> get what you need.
> 
> -dr
> 
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