Re: [Boost-build] Calling an external Makefile

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-11 01:57:42

Bryant Bunderson wrote:
> 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.

Try it as:

make adder : adder.mak : @make-adder ;

actions make-adder
{
   make -f "$(>)" build
}

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