Re: [Boost-build] always exec a make rule

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] always exec a make rule
From: Boris Schaeling (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-01 17:30:01

On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:56:43 +0100, Oliver Kowalke <oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden]>  
wrote:

> Am 01.02.2011 21:40, schrieb Gevorg Voskanyan:
>> Oliver Kowalke wrote:
>>> a Jamfile cotnains a make rule
>>>
>>> ...
>>> make xyz.hpp
>>>       : xyz_header
>>>      : @copy-xyz_header
>>>
>>> how can I achieve  that the make rule will always executed before
>>>
>>> test-suite "xyz"  :
>>>      [ run test_xyz.cpp ]
>>>      ;
>>>
>>> ?
>>> I didn't  found a solution in the build docu (I assume that 'xyz.hpp'  
>>> must be
>>> made as  dependecy for test-suite  'xyz').
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Oliver
>>
>> test-suite "xyz" :
>>       [ run test_xyz.cpp ]
>>       :<dependency>xyz.hpp
>>       ;
>
> test_xyz.cpp is compiled before 'make xyz.hpp' is executed

As that's the signature from testing.jam:

rule run ( sources + : args * : input-files * : requirements * :  
target-name ? : default-build * )

maybe this works

make xyz.hpp : xyz_header : @copy-xyz_header ;
run test_xyz.cpp : : : <dependency>xyz.hpp : test_xyz ;
test-suite xyz : test_xyz ;

?

Boris