Re: [Boost-build] Question about SHELL command

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-03 15:34:40

Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> I tried both:
>  WXFLAGS = SHELL("wx-config --cppflags") ;
>  local WXFLAGS  = [ SHELL "wx-config --cppflags" ] ;
> 
> But neither worked.  Am I doing something wrong?  I am
> using "Boost.Jam  Version 3.1.13"

Hm, the equivalent seems to work just fine on my Ubuntu machine all the 
way back to bjam 3.1.11:

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grafik_at_droid:~$ cat config.jam
local conf = [ SHELL "libpng-config --cflags" ] ;
ECHO --- _$(conf)_ ;

grafik_at_droid:~$ bjam-3.1.11 -f config.jam
--- _-I/usr/include/libpng12
  _
don't know how to make all
...found 1 target...
...can't find 1 target...
grafik_at_droid:~$ bjam-3.1.12 -f config.jam
--- _-I/usr/include/libpng12
_
don't know how to make all
...found 1 target...
...can't find 1 target...
grafik_at_droid:~$ bjam-3.1.13 -f config.jam
--- _-I/usr/include/libpng12
_
don't know how to make all
...found 1 target...
...can't find 1 target...
grafik_at_droid:~$ bjam-3.1.14 -f config.jam
--- _-I/usr/include/libpng12
_
don't know how to make all
...found 1 target...
...can't find 1 target...
grafik_at_droid:~$
====

Do you get correct output if you run the wx-config command directly?

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