Re: [Boost-build] glob-tree question

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] glob-tree question
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-30 09:04:14

On 30/05/15 08:46 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On 5/21/2015 4:37 PM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>
>> Boost.Python contains two "implicit.hpp" headers, once in
>> include/boost/python/ and once in include/boost/python/converter/, and
>> it seems as if the installation would try to copy both files to the
>> installation location, ignoring their relative (subdirectory) path.
>> I also tried the glob-tree rule (rather than path.glob-tree), which
>> yields the error
>>
>>    error: The patterns to 'glob-tree' may not include directory
>>
>> which I don't understand, as the glob-tree rule appears to be defined to
>> take a 'roots' argument which is a (directory) location.
>>
>> What am I missing ?
>>
>> What is the suggested way to install headers, while preserving their
>> directory structure (relative to some common prefix) ?
>
> Stefan,
>
> Does the "Preserving Directory Hierarchy" section at
>
>     http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/tasks/installing.html
>
> help?

Yes, thanks, that describes exactly what I want (and what someone else
showed me by example).

Thanks,
        Stefan

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