Re: [Boost-build] Copying DLL's to executable location

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-16 12:38:07

   Hi Phillip.

> I'm pretty sure I can do it with an "install" rule (probably the same 
> one that installs the executable), but I'd like to have it copied to 
> wherever the executable gets linked or copied, so I don't have to do it 
> manually.

   I belive the standard solution is to install both the executable and 
the dll to the same location.

   I do not know of a 'clean way' to move the dll to the same folder 
Boost Build builds the executable in.

  I remember thinking about this before for one of our projects but in 
the end we decided that installing the whole application to a specified 
target folder is the cleanest possible solution. Note that when you do 
something like this you need to either use tags to get different dll 
names for different build variants or you can not build multiple build 
variants in a single build request. This fits fine with the concept of 
'installing' the built application.

   This 'installing' step then always scaled naturally as our projects 
expanded in size & scope.

   Hope this helps.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić