Re: [Boost-build] Project and jamfile hierarchies

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Project and jamfile hierarchies
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-01 14:27:30

AMDG

On 11/30/2010 5:54 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
> I have jamfiles in a jamfile hierarchy of directories, with the 
> top-level directory having a jamroot.jam. If a project in a jamfile at 
> a lower level of the hierarchy has a different id than a project in a 
> higher level of the hierarchy, does the lower level project still 
> inherit attributes, contstants, and rules from its parent project ?

Yes.  The project id has no effect on these things.

> What happens when two jamfiles in a jamfile hierarchy are given the 
> same project id ? Is this an error, or does it have some use within 
> Boost Build ?

project ids are supposed to be globally unique.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe