Re: [Boost-build] How to get Boost build to embed install path into library

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-23 00:13:05

AMDG

Jonathan Biggar wrote:
> Here's a tougher one:
>
> I need to embed a path generated from the install prefix into my 
> library so it can find files at runtime.  This isn't hard to do, since 
> I can use a <conditional> requirement to generate 
> <cxx-flags>-DMYPATH=... from <install-default-prefix>, but here's the 
> problem.  If the user uses bjam to build the library, and then calls 
> bjam later and changes <install-default-prefix>, how do I get the 
> library to rebuild with the new -D option?

Quick and easy way: rebuild everything
bjam -a ...

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe