Re: [Boost-build] Want to run configure to generate header

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Want to run configure to generate header
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-11 06:25:48

Daniel Lidström wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a project that needs to run configure before being built. This should generate the header
> config.h. Here's how I tried to solve this:
> 
> alias config-header
>     : config.h
>     ;
> 
> make config.h
>     :
>     : make-configure
>     ;
> 
> actions make-configure
> {
>     ./configure
> }
> 
> lib sbg_fltk
>     : config-header
>       src/Fl_Double_Window.cxx
>       .
>       .
>       .
>     ;
> 
> This doesn't run configure though, and Fl_Double_Window.cxx fails to compile.
> Any ideas on what I should do?

Daniel, 
try

        <implicit-dependency>config-header

in requirements. Because '.h' files are not actually used when building 'lib'
at all, the 'config-header' in sources is ignored.

HTH,
Volodya