Re: [Boost-build] aliases for sublibraries

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] aliases for sublibraries
From: Jaros³aw Bober (jaroslaw.bober_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-17 06:51:07

Hello, i do something like this:

install _lib_install : _lib: <location>bin ;
alias lib : _lib _lib_install  ;

and then i can refer to lib as it was both build and install :)

Regard

2012/1/16 Karsten Ahnert <karsten.ahnert_at_[hidden]>

> 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
> > To: Boost.Build developer's and user's list
> > 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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