Re: [Boost-build] path-constant in Jamroot does not work in subdirs

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] path-constant in Jamroot does not work in subdirs
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-12 14:46:47

AMDG

On 07/07/2012 11:56 AM, Andrej van der Zee wrote:
> Cau Jurko,
> 
> Sorry for the late reply.
> 
>>>  Note though that your project is not self-contained and it depends on
>>> targets defined in your site-config.jam file. Could you try to reduce it so
>>> it does not?
> 
> I made a self-contained project that shows the strange problem that
> started about half a year ago. My apologies for sending you the
> non-self-contained project before, I should have stripped it to the
> bone. I did now, if you find the time, please look at the attachment.
> 
> This is the projects's directory structure:
> 
> andrej_at_amd64:~/bjam-problem$ tree
> .
> ├── cgi
> │   ├── base
> │   │   ├── Jamfile
> │   │   └── test.cpp
> │   └── Jamfile
> └── Jamroot
> 
> Only when I run bjam from the "bjam-problem/cgi" directory I get the
> following error (in dirs "bjam-problem" and "bjam-problem/cgi/base" is
> works fine):
> 
> andrej_at_amd64:~/bjam-problem/cgi$ bjam
> ../cgi/base/Jamfile:6: in modules.load
> *** argument error
> * rule install ( name : sources * : requirements * : default-build * )
> * called with: (  : test )
> * missing argument name
> <snip>
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 

This looks similar to the problem that
I fixed in r75407.  Your project seems
to work with with the trunk_at_79340.
What version of Boost.Build are you
using exactly?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe