[Boost-build] problems with relative paths

From: Jeff Holle (jeffreyholle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-22 17:16:21

I'm using Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 11) Boost.Jam 03.1.15 on a Linux system.

I now believe I know why I am having problems moving my project 
definition from Jamfile to ../Jamroot.
Its caused by this object having relative paths, in 2 ways:
  1.  Expressing the directory "src" in the ":source-location" section 
only works if the project is in the local Jamfile.
       If its in ../Jamroot, I'm not sure what happens in that neither 
the directory "src" or "../src" work.
  2.  Expressing relative directories in <include> files, either within 
the ":requirements" or ":usage-requirements" are relative to the 
directory that contains the project definition.

I've seen "path-constant" in the documentation, but I do not see how I 
can employ it to get around these problems.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.