Re: [Boost-build] using alias

From: Phillip Seaver (phil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-16 15:46:24

Jeffrey Holle wrote, on 7/16/2007 3:35 PM:
> I am using Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 11) Boost.Jam 03.1.15 on a Linux 
> system.
>
> In the document boost.build.v2.user_manual.pdf, I observed the following 
> example:
>
>    alias gtk+-2.0 : : : :
>    <cflags>"`pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`"
>    <linkflags>"`pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`"
>    ;
>
> I've attempted the same idea with:
>    alias wxWidgets : : : :
>    <cxxflags>"'wx-config --cppflags'"
>    ;
>
> As documented, I added wxWidgets to the sources section of a library I'm 
> attempting to build.  However, it had no affect.
>
> Could someone please explain?

I haven't tried it out in a while (since I'm building wxwidgets from 
source using boost-build), but you might want to look at the wxwidgets 
support someone (Alex Besogonov, I believe) wrote a while ago.

http://boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php?directory=Tools/Build/grafik

Phillip