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: Paul Fox (techmage89_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-17 12:27:00

Wow, that was simple. Thank you! I just wish I could find stuff like this in
the online documentation more easily.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Anatoly Shirokov <shirokov_a_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> 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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