Re: [Boost-build] Visual Studio always calls bjam even on built projects

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Visual Studio always calls bjam even on built projects
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-28 03:11:24

On Friday 27 November 2009 00:11:07 Anatoly Shirokov wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> It seems to me it is not good idea to use makefile based solution. There 
> is a lot of restrictions:
> - solution know nothing about project structure
> - solution know nothing about project dependencies
> - solution know nothing about macro definitions
> - solution know nothing about search path for include and library files
> - to add/remove a file you have to do it twice for solution and for jamfile

I have no idea what half of the above means, but I am sure several
Vistual Studio users were OK with the way Boost.Build can be integrated into it.
It would be nice if somebody give a step-by-step procedure.

- Volodya