Re: [Boost-build] staging subprojects

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] staging subprojects
From: Jim Gallagher (jim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-25 13:54:18

For those projects that should not be staged, this seems to work:

    install stage ;

    explicit stage ;

Does that appear acceptable?

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jim Gallagher <jim_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Johan,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion. It seems to work fine, but what about when
> one of the subprojects should not be staged? I've been experimenting
> with trying to define a "null" stage rule for those subprojects, but I
> am not having much luck.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
> > From: "Johan Nilsson"
> > To: boost-build_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: Re: [Boost-build] staging subprojects
>
> > Jim Gallagher wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a project tree, and I force the entire tree to be built by
> >> invoking the build at the root. I have the following in my Jamroot:
> >>
> >> # find all the jam subprojects
> >> JamProjects =
> >>     [ MATCH (.*)/Jamfile : [ glob-tree Jamfile ] ]
> >>     ;
> >>
> >> #build-project $(BJamProjects) ;
> >> for local proj in $(JamProjects)
> >> {
> >>     build-project $(proj) ;
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> Building works fine. In addition to a lib or exe rule, most of the
> >> subprojects have an install rule that looks like this:
> >>
> >> install stage
> >>     : theLib
> >>     : <location>$(STAGE_SERVER)
> >> ;
> >>
> >> Running bjam stage in each of the subprojects works as expected,
> >> resulting in a copy of the lib or exe being place in the specified
> >> directory. I am having difficulty getting a root build to have each
> >> subproject run the stage target. Any suggestions as to how I could
> >> accomplish this?
> >
> > Basically, you can use found jam projects, replacing the "/Jamfile$" with
> > "//stage", and e.g. add these to an alias, e.g:
> >
> > -- Jamroot (partial, untested) --
> >
> > path-constant all-stage : all-stage ;
> >
> > alias sub-stages : sub1//stage sub2//stage ; # but generating the target
> > list automatically
> >
> > install stage :
> >     sub-stages
> >     :
> >     <location>$(all-stage) # overrides location if exists in sub-stage
> >     ;
> >
> > ---
> >
> > See also attached archive.
> >
> > HTH / Johan
>