[Boost-build] Generating an archive with both release and debug variants

Subject: [Boost-build] Generating an archive with both release and debug variants
From: longraider Gazeta.pl (longraider_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-19 11:06:28

Hi
I'm using built-in install rules to produce a zip archive with devel
versions of libraries that I build:

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rule define-install-target-dirs ( name : base )
{
    bin-dir        = [ path.join $(base) $(bin-subdir) ] ;
    shared-dir     = [ path.join $(base) $(shared-subdir) ] ;
    static-dir     = [ path.join $(base) $(static-subdir) ] ;
    headers-dir    = [ path.join $(base) $(headers-subdir) ] ;
}

rule register-install ( name : targets * : headers * : header-source-root ? )
{
...
 #TODO make this path-mangling nicer somehow
 local package-dir-dev = [ path.join [ path.pwd ] [ $(c).build-dir ] ] ;
 package-dir-dev = [ MATCH (.*/)my-build(/.*) : $(package-dir-dev) ] ;
 package-dir-dev = $(package-dir-dev:J=my-build-packages)/build-package ;

 define-install-target-dirs $(name) : $(package-dir-dev) ;

 install package-dev-prepare-bin     : $(targets) :
<location>$(bin-dir)    <install-type>EXE ;
 install package-dev-prepare-shared  : $(targets) :
<location>$(shared-dir) <install-type>SHARED_LIB ;
 install package-dev-prepare-static  : $(targets) :
<location>$(static-dir) <install-type>STATIC_LIB ;
 install package-dev-prepare-headers : $(headers) :
<location>$(headers-dir) <install-source-root>$(header-source-root) ;

 alias package-dev-prepare-r : package-dev-prepare-bin
package-dev-prepare-shared package-dev-prepare-static
package-dev-prepare-headers : <variant>release ;
 alias package-dev-prepare-d : package-dev-prepare-bin
package-dev-prepare-shared package-dev-prepare-static
package-dev-prepare-headers : <variant>debug ;

 make $(name)-dev-release.zip : package-dev-prepare-r :
@make-zip-package : <location>$(package-dir-dev) : <variant>release ;
 make $(name)-dev-debug.zip   : package-dev-prepare-d :
@make-zip-package : <location>$(package-dir-dev) : <variant>debug ;
 make $(name)-dev.zip         : package-dev-prepare-r
package-dev-prepare-d : @make-zip-package :
<location>$(package-dir-dev) ;

 install package-dev-release : $(name)-dev-release.zip :
<location>$(packages-dir) ;
 install package-dev-debug   : $(name)-dev-debug.zip   :
<location>$(packages-dir) ;
 install package-dev         : $(name)-dev.zip         :
<location>$(packages-dir) ;

 local project-module = [ $(c).project-module ] ;
 module $(project-module)
 {
        ...
        explicit package-dev-prepare-bin package-dev-prepare-shared
package-dev-prepare-static package-dev-prepare-headers ;
        explicit package-dev-prepare-r package-dev-prepare-d ;
        explicit $(1)-dev-release.zip $(1)-dev-debug.zip $(1)-dev.zip ;
        explicit package-dev-release package-dev-debug package-dev ;
 }
}

rule make-zip-package ( targets * : sources * : properties * )
{
    LOCATION on $(targets) = [ path.make [ MATCH <location>(.*) :
$(properties) ] ] ;
    for s in $(sources)
    {
        local foo = [ path.make $(s) ] ;
        foo = [ MATCH .*/build-package/(.*)>(.*) : $(foo) ] ;
        new-sources on $(targets) += $(foo:J=/) ;
    }
}

actions make-zip-package
{
    cd $(LOCATION) && zip $(<) $(new-sources)
}

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Everything works fine, the $(name)-dev-release.zip contains only the
release version of libraries,  $(name)-dev-debug.zip - only the debug,
and $(name)-dev.zip - both.

However the problem is when I call the bjam with both release and
debug variants - the $(name)-dev.zip targets are obviously duplicate:
#error: Duplicate name of actual target:
<p/home/mati/docs/repos/filters/my-packages>foo-dev-debug.zip

This is of course a minor inconvenience, however a frustrating one.
Either I'm missing something or I have an error in the design.
Ideally I would want to generate a $(name)-dev-release.zip when
package-dev is called with release variant, a $(name)-dev-debug.zip
with debug variant and $(name)-dev.zip when both debug and release
variants are present.

Any help appreciated,

M.