Re: [Boost-build] bjam -fx doesn't work.

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-11 14:38:44

Larry Evans wrote:
> Following instructions given by:
> 
> bjam --help-options
> Boost.Jam Usage:
> 
>    bjam [ options... ] targets...
> 
>    * -a; Build all targets, even if they are current.
>    * -fx; Read 'x' as the Jamfile for building instead of searching for
>      the Boost.Build system.
> ...
> 
> I tried:
> 
> cd ~/prog_dev/boost-svn/ro/trunk/sandbox/lje/bjam/
> bjam -fJamfile.v2 a
> Jamfile.v2:4: in module scope
> rule project unknown in module
> 
> Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Tue Sep 11 12:57:40

The -f option is a way of manually specifying the core jam file that 
bjam uses, instead of using the compiled in Jambase 
<http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/trunk/tools/jam/src/Jambase>. 
The compiled in one finds the boost-build.jam file to bootstrap the 
Boost.Build files, or any other build system written on top of bjam.

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