Re: [Boost-build] install-target-class question

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] install-target-class question
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-17 10:49:33

On Wednesday 17 December 2008 17:34:14 Johan Nilsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm browsing through the Boost.Build sources in an attempt to understand 
> what's actually going on when using the install rule. The following is from 
> trunk (stage.jam):
> 
> class install-target-class : basic-target
> {
> ...
>     # Takes a target that is installed and a property set which is used when
>     # installing.
>     #
>     rule adjust-properties ( target : build-property-set )
>     {
>         local ps-raw ;
>         local a = [ $(target).action ] ;
>         if $(a)
>         {
>             local ps = [ $(a).properties ] ;
>             ps-raw = [ $(ps).raw ] ;
> 
>             # Unless <hardcode-dll-paths>true is in properties, which can 
> happen
>             # only if the user has explicitly requested it, nuke all 
> <dll-path>
>             # properties.
>             if [ $(property-set).get <hardcode-dll-paths> ] != true
>             {
>                 ps-raw = [ property.change $(ps-raw) : <dll-path> ] ;
>             }
> ...
> }
> 
> My question is: where does the "property-set" above originate from? 

From the caller :-)

> Should  
> it be "build-property-set" instead?

Yes, I've just fixed it. Thanks for noticing!

- Volodya