Re: [Boost-build] Target paths idea

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-02 23:13:39

on Sun Dec 02 2007, Jurko Gospodnetić <jurko.gospodnetic-AT-docte.hr> wrote:

>    Hi all.
>
>> I had just got a totally crazy idea -- we have some algorithms
>> to compute target paths, and --abbreviate-paths options, and it
>> not quite good yet.
>
>    I have another suggestion... (written directly as I am thinking of it 
> in my head so do not scream too loudly if it does not make sense... :-) )...
>
>    Allow a project to specify that some existing feature is always 'xxx' 
> and should not be represented using a feature specific folder no matter 
> how the feature itself is defined.
>
>    That would mean that if a project needs to be built using different 
> values for a single feature then that feature should get its own 
> specific build folder, but if it does not then it should not.
>
>    As a note - this would require that the build system prevent such 
> project level settings from being violated.

Or you could just not represent the feature when it has its default
value, just as feature relevance worked in BBv1.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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