Re: [Boost-build] Problem with include directory for generated .c file

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-21 07:45:01

   Hi Phillip.

> Jurko Gospodnetić wrote:
>>    Hi Eli.
>>
>>   
>>> lib name : one.ec two.c : <include>. : : <include>. ;
>>>
>>> And all is well now.
>>>     
>>    Glad to hear it. :-)
>>
>>    One more remark... I personally would not use <include>. here as that 
>> makes presumptions (most like undocumented) on which folder you are 
>> running your build from. If you really mean 
>> the-folder-your-Jamfile-is-in I would rather use something like this:
>>
>>    path-constant SOURCE_FOLDER : . ;
>>
>>    lib name
>>      : one.ec two.c
>>      : <include>$(SOURCE_FOLDER)
>>      :
>>      : <include>$(SOURCE_FOLDER) ;
>>
>>
>>    Hope this helps.
>>
>>    Best regards,
>>      Jurko Gospodnetić
> 
> That's unnecessary, actually.  Since <include> is a "path" feature, it 
> keeps track of the correct directory.  That's one of the features that 
> initially attracted me to boost build, since I was sick of updating 
> paths every time a library changed.  :-)

   OK, thanks... forgot about that :-(... and got mislead by someone in 
the thread using '-I.' in the actual command line.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić