[Boost-build] Calling an external Makefile

From: Bryant Bunderson (bryant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-10 20:23:49

What is the proper way to call an external make file from a Jamfile? The
following doesn't work for me:

make adder : : @make-adder ;

actions make-adder
{
  "make -f adder.mak build"
}

I get the following error:

error: target {
Jamfile</simple/common>%Jamfile</simple/common>.make-adder-adder. } has
no type

It seems like calling out to an external make would be a simple thing to
do in a build system. This has been really hard.

Thanks,
Bryant