Re: [Boost-build] Help with includes

From: DrAnonymous (antamiga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-25 14:26:17

Phillip -

I tried to use buld-requirements and it gave the following error:

error: Invalid project attribute 'build-requirements' specified  for project
at '.'

I tried to search the .jam files to see if build-requirements was listed,
and it didn't find it.

Thanks,
Aaron R>

On 4/25/07, Phillip Seaver <phil_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> DrAnonymous wrote, on 4/25/2007 1:21 PM:
> > I can't figure out how to alter Jamroot to include the includes
> > directory for all the subprojects.  I tried:
> >
> > project myTools : requirements <source>./includes ;
> >
> > and
> >
> > project myTools : requirements <include>includes ;
> >
> >
> > Neither works and the first one has an error.
> >
> > Can someone please help me get this working?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron R>
> >
> > PS - Should my Jamfiles always have a project entry in them?  In the
> > above source tree I used only a lib target in one and an exe target in
> > the other.
>
> You probably want "project myTools : build-requirements
> <include>includes ;".  That will affect your sub-projects' builds.
> "requirements <include>includes" affects everything that *uses* the
> project.
>
> You don't have to.  Many of mine don't.  I mainly use it when I want to
> apply a build or usage requirement to all of the targets in the Jamfile.
>
> HTH,
>
> Phillip
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