Re: [Boost-build] Targets independent of variant, etc.

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Targets independent of variant, etc.
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-10-03 03:46:11

On 09/23/2014 06:15 PM, Phillip Seaver wrote:
> How can I generate a file that doesn't depend on variant, address-model,
> etc., so it only gets generated once and can be used for all
> variations?  Will I need to create my own generator class?  I saw an
> earlier thread that mentioned using an empty property set, but I wasn't
> clear where that needs to be done.

Phillip,

I think that you can achieve this effect if you start with the the example
generator at

    https://github.com/boostorg/build/blob/develop/example/generator/soap.jam

and add this as the first line of the generate method:

    property-set = [ property-set.empty ] ;

Does this help?

- Volodya