Re: [Boost-build] Unknow target type RC2

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Unknow target type RC2
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-15 13:29:04

AMDG

Sherwood Hu wrote:
> I am new to boost.build - I am trying to write a jam file for a MFC
> project. The project has a .rc file, which includes another .rc2 file
> under 'res' directory. Just like what a typical MFC Project look like.
>
> We require that this .rc2 is generated dynamically. In the existing
> makefile, this is a simple line:
>
> res/PRJNAME.rc2 : res/PRJNAME.rc2.php
> 	php res/PRJNAME.rc2.php > res/PRJNAME.rc2 
>
>
> I read the boost.build v2 manual, and it seemed to me that the only way
> is to write an extender, and I did:
>
> Rc2-php.jam
> =======
>
> import type ;
>
> type.register RC2PHP : rc2-php ;
>   

This will match files like *.rc2-php, not *.rc2.php, BTW.

Anyway, since there is no RC2 type, try creating it:
type.register RC2 : rc2 ;

> However, when I ran the bjam, it reported an error "Unknown target type
> RC2".  
>   

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe