Re: [Boost-build] aliases for sublibraries

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] aliases for sublibraries
From: Karsten Ahnert (karsten.ahnert_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-16 17:57:53

Thanks you, the second version solves this problem very well.

Now, I have another problem:

I have an install rule which copies every library (and some
applications) into a separate folder. This rule is in the main Jamroot.
If I call now bjam somewhere in the the library tree it will not find
this rule. Any ideas how this rule can be made visible there?

Best regards,

Karsten

On 01/16/2012 11:33 PM, Nogradi, Chris wrote:
> You should use use-project to do in Jamroot:
> 
> use-project /MyProject/lib1 : libraries/lib1 ;
> 
> and refer to it in another lib jam file as /MyProject/lib1//lib1
> 
> alternatively, I think this will work (but not as good), you could use alias like this in your Jamroot:
> 
> project MyProject ;
> 
> alias lib1 : libraries/lib1//lib1 ;
> 
> and then refer to it in another lib jam file as /MyProject//lib1
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Karsten Ahnert
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:35 PM
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> Subject: [Boost-build] aliases for sublibraries
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a tree like structure for a small software project:
> 
> Root
>  + Jamroot
>  + apps
>    + app1.exe
>    + ...
>    + Jamfile
>  + libsraries
>    + lib1
>      + source1.cpp
>      + ...
>      + Jamfile
>    + lib2
>      + source1.cpp
>      + ...
>      + Jamfile
> 
> In each of the lib* directories a static or shared library is created.
> Now, some of these libraries depend on other for example lib2 depends on
> lib1 and I want to use aliases to reference on the depend library.
> 
> I created these aliases in the Jamroot, via
> 
> alias /MyProject/lib1 : ./libraries/lib1//lib1 ;
> alias /MyProject/lib2 : ./libraries/lib1//lib2 ;
> 
> but referencing them does not work. If I call bjam from the root
> directory I obtain:
> 
> error: Unable to find file or target named
> error:     '/MyProject/lib1'
> error: referred from project at
> error:     'libs/lib2'
> 
> Is there a easy way to create such aliases? Similar to
> /boost//filesystem ? I played around with different names (leading
> slashed) and I tried to use appropriate project names but I was unable
> to figure out how it works in general.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Karsten
> 
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