Re: [Boost-build] Boost 1.35.0 Jamroot patch to make install work in subprojects

From: Jonathan Biggar (jon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-19 19:39:52

Jurko Gospodnetić wrote:
>   Hi Jonathan.
> 
>> 3.  I removed "<dependency>/boost//install-headers" from 
>> boost-install, since running install in a subproject would fall over 
>> not being able to find the "/boost" project.  I tried a couple of ways 
>> to try and get that project defined in the subproject (putting a 
>> use-project inside the module part of the boost-install rule doesn't 
>> do the trick).  Removing the dependency means the boost headers don't 
>> get installed or updated if you run install in a subproject.
>>
>> Maybe someone else has an idea how to fix #3 better?
> 
>   I am not very familiar with how the main Boost library Jamfile has 
> been written so I'm not going to be the one applying any patches to it.
> 
>   However, maybe I can help with the Boost Build part of the problem if 
> you can prepare a smaller test-case demonstrating the problem.
> 
>   I tried playing around with this to reproduce the problem but could 
> not get anything to fail in any of my little test cases. Unfortunately 
> there is no more time left for me to try and strip down the Boost 
> library build to something more reasonable that I could then debug.

Ok, I'll come up with a small test case that shows the problem.

-- 
Jon Biggar
Floorboard Software
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