Re: [Boost-build] BUMP: [git] genrating forward headers

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] BUMP: [git] genrating forward headers
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-11 11:51:09

on Sun Aug 04 2013, Dave Abrahams <dave-AT-boostpro.com> wrote:

> on Sun Aug 04 2013, Bjørn Roald <bjorn-AT-4roald.org> wrote:
>
>> On 08/03/2013 07:35 PM, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>>>
>>> on Sat Aug 03 2013, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> AMDG
>>>>
>>
>>>> On 08/01/2013 08:58 PM, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've applied the Boost.Build changes.  I don't
>>>>>> want to apply the changes to Boost proper in
>>>>>> svn, since it'll break without the git layout.
>>>>>
>>>>> Isn't it possible to conditionalize the changes somehow, so that
>>>>> everything works with both layouts?  If all the changes to Boost are in
>>>>> Jamfiles, this shouldn't be a serious problem.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It should be possible if there's a file which
>>>> is guaranteed to exist in git and guaranteed
>>>> not to exist in svn.
>>>
>>> There are a bunch of these.  There's a .git folder at the root of every
>>> working copy, but that might not exist in a tarball for example.
>>>
>>> There's also .gitattributes at the root of every repository, or
>>> .gitmodules at the root of the boost super-repository.
>>>
>>
>> It may be better to look for include/boost folders in the libs.  That
>> way the build system depend on the layout, not presence of particular
>> scm systems if any.  This way build may work as expected out of
>> tarballs and zip archives without the svn or git specific files and
>> folders.
>
> Sounds good to me

So is this handled and checked in yet?

-- 
Dave Abrahams