Re: [Boost-build] RFC: Rootless projects..

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] RFC: Rootless projects..
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-11 16:58:47

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> In trying to remove the roadblocks to standalone, aka modular, projects I
> ran into one that should be easy to remove. In order to build a project a
> "jamroot" is currently required. I'd like to remove that requirement by:
>
> 1. Allowing a jamfile to take the place of a jamroot (currently we allow
> the inverse).
>
> 2. Make a jamfile without a parent project the jamroot for the project.
>

PS. Here's a PR that implement that <
https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/83>.

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