Re: [Boost-build] Patch for generate.jam to generate to be wrapped by other rules

From: Jonathan Biggar (jon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-23 13:26:33

Eric Woodruff wrote:
> 
> Can you explain why the indirect rule is needed? I was following your 
> example to create a rule to invoke an ant script and this seemed to work 
> for me an ant.jam:
> 
> rule ant ( name : script : properties * )
> {
>     FLAGS on $(name) += [ compute-ant-flags $(name) : $(properties) ] ;
>     generate $(name) : $(script) : $(properties) 
> <generating-rule>@ant.do-ant ;

Hmmm.  Seems to me I tried qualifying my rule name.  But I'll give it 
another whirl.

-- 
Jon Biggar
Floorboard Software
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