Re: [Boost-build] Lib rule does not seem to work

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Lib rule does not seem to work
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-06 20:21:43

On 8/6/2015 4:53 PM, Klemens Morgenstern wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> I am currently working on a small library and I seem to be to stupid to
> build libraries. I am using mingw (5.1) or gcc-arm (4.9). The install
> rule only copies the cpp-files and it does not build anything.
>
> Does anyone know what could be wrong with that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Klemens
>
> PS: The project is located here:
> https://github.com/MorgWal/mw.test/tree/design
>
>
> Jamroot.jam
> --------------------------------------------
> import gcc ;
> boost_path = F:/boost-arm ;
>
> project
>      : source-location ./src
>      : requirements
>          <include>$(boost_path)/include/boost-1_58
>          <include>./include
>          <search>$(boost_path)/lib
>          <cxxflags>-std=c++1y
>          <link>static
>      ;
>
> lib json_backend : mw/json_test_backend.cpp : <debug-symbols>on ;
> lib gdb_backend  : mw/gdb_test_backend.cpp : <debug-symbols>off ;
>
> install backends : json_backend gdb_backend ;

Use the -d switch to see what the build is doing. Using -d2 on the 
command line is usually a good start.