[Boost-build] Library in sources or requirements?

Subject: [Boost-build] Library in sources or requirements?
From: Anthony Foglia (AFoglia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-11 12:08:33

        When compiling an executable that uses a library, is there a difference 
between:

exe filesystem-test
    : filesystem_test.cpp
      /boost//filesystem
    ;

and

exe filesystem-test
    : filesystem_test.cpp
    : <library>/boost//filesystem
    ;

        We've been using the former, and that's what's described more 
prominently in the documentation, but the contrib/boost.jam file uses 
the other one in the example in comments.

        Sorry to seem rude, but our group of ~10 has been using bjam for nearly 
two years, and none of use are close to grokking it.  I can tell by our 
messy Jamfiles that we're not using it as designed, but the 
documentation is nearly useless as to what the best practices are.

-- 
Anthony Foglia
Princeton Consultants
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