Re: [Boost-build] Boost Build : Project dependencies

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-13 09:52:53

   Hi William.

> I would like to know how to manage projects dependencies For instance i have
> one project (A) which requires another(B) to be build before it builds. As
> (B) is not a library but a python extension i can't use the typical
> /project//target so i would like to if there is another way to create
> dependencies between projects.

   As I never wrote or used a 'python extension' I may be unaware of 
something here but looking at it from the outside - I do not see what 
would be preventing you from using the project//target syntax?

   Your (B) may have a 'python extension' (from other posts I'm assuming 
this is a shared library with a customized extension) but that extension 
is surely built and referenced as same target by Boost Build - lets call 
it target-x. Now what is preventing you from using the (B)//target-x 
syntax in the (A) project's Jamfile?

   If you need it as a source for some target built in (A) then simply 
reference it as a source. If you just need to install it together with 
(A) to be used at run-time then add an install rule for it. Or you might 
be using a target from (A) as a tool for building a target in (B) which 
would take some improvisation depending on your exact requirements but 
I'm guessing that is not the case here.

   Hope this helps.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić