Re: [Boost-build] How to create empty directory on install

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to create empty directory on install
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-23 07:03:37

On Tuesday, October 19, 2010 02:34:45 M Levin wrote:
> Евгений Шубин <shubin_evgeniy <at> mail.ru> writes:
> > common.MkDir $(INSTALL_PATH)/run ;
> > common.MkDir $(INSTALL_PATH)/log ;
> 
> Quite confusingly, these commands do not create directories and do not
> produce errors.
> 
> This command works as expected
> make $(INSTALL_PATH)/run : : @common.mkdir ;
> 
> It works even without statement
> import common ;
> 
> This took me a very long time to figure out even though I have been using
> boost.build for several years.
> 
> Also, the example from
> http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/builtins/raw.html
> 
> notfile echo_something : @echo ;
> actions echo
> {
>     echo "something"
> }
> 
> produces an error.  Should it be NOTFILE ?

If it produces error, it means you have old Boost.Build. Could you try with a 
nightly build at http://boost.org/boost-build2 ?

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Vladimir Prus
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