Re: [Boost-build] How to set special generation requirements for generated files

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to set special generation requirements for generated files
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-22 14:19:50

On Thursday 22 July 2010 21:56:15 Steven Watanabe wrote:

> AMDG
> 
> Moritz Hassert wrote:
> > Something like this would be nice:
> >
> > #like obj rule, but resulting target is a CPP file
> > cpp bison1
> >    : bison1.yy
> >    : <bison.prefix>pre1 ;
> >
> > cpp bison2
> >    : bison2.yy
> >    : <bison.prefix>pre2 ;
> >
> > lib foo
> >     : somefile.cpp
> >       bison1
> >       bison2
> >     : <define>SOME_MACRO
> >      <include>some/path ;
> >
> > Like with the obj rule, you wouldn't specify the file suffix. That way such a 
> > target is not confused with a normal cpp-file.
> >   
> 
> This doesn't work?  I would have expected it to.  There should be a rule
> for every file type that Boost.Build handles.

That's my understanding too. Every new type automatically creates a metatarget rule
with the same name.

Thanks,

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Vladimir Prus
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