Re: [Boost-build] bjam - Jamroot/Jamfile changes

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam - Jamroot/Jamfile changes
From: Anant Rao (arao_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-26 17:42:12

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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam - Jamroot/Jamfile changes

Anant Rao wrote:
> Can 'bjam' detect changes to these files and do an evaluation to
> check if anything needs to be built? I assume it can't.

bjam/BBv2 can detect changes to any files. You just need to add them as 
dependencies to a target. But I suspect that's not what you are asking? 
BBv2 doesn't explicitly add Jamfiles as dependencies, as it's rarely 
useful to depend on the build files themselves. But it does detect 
change to them incidentally, as the changes usually reflect on the 
targets, and their dependencies, being built.

So to really answer your question you'd have to provide more detail as 
to what you are trying to accomplish. Preferably with a small sample 
project for us to talk about.

HTH.

Anant:

Thanks for a quick reply!
The case I'm thinking of is when we change a compiler option in Jamroot (by adding/updating/deleting an option like <toolset>msvc:<variant>release:<cxxflags>/MT  ),

whether 'bjam' will rebuild all the code.