Re: [Boost-build] target names

From: Dave Rahardja (drahardja_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-22 16:58:11

Do those statements take precedence over the tool-specific versions in each
tool's jamfile? e.g.

type.set-generated-target-suffix STATIC_LIB : <toolset>gcc : a ;

-dr 

> -----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 9:41 AM
> To: Boost.Build developer's and user's list
> Subject: Re: [Boost-build] target names
> 
> 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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