Re: [Boost-build] How to specify dependencies that aren't included in the target

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to specify dependencies that aren't included in the target
From: Anatoly Shirokov (shirokov_a_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-17 12:19:04

Hi Paul!

In such cases I use <dependency>:

exe target : ... : <dependency>some_script.sh ;

Paul Fox:
> I am using a linking script to link the project I am working on, and 
> therefore need the script to be a dependency of the target (in order 
> to generate it via some custom scripts at each build). However, it 
> will not be included in the target, and boost-build does not, to my 
> knowledge, know what to do with it. How to I make it a dependency of 
> the final target without boost-build trying to include it in the target.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help,
>
> Paul
>
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