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

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Lib rule does not seem to work
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-09 17:00:18

AMDG

On 08/06/2015 02:53 PM, Klemens Morgenstern wrote:
> 
> project
>     : source-location ./src
>     : requirements
>         <include>$(boost_path)/include/boost-1_58
>         <include>./include
>         <search>$(boost_path)/lib

I suspect that this <search> is the
source of the problem.  It should
be <library-path>.  <search> is used
to set the location of a binary library.  e.g.

lib json_backend : : <search>/usr/local/lib ;

This causes the lib rule to think that your
source is is the library.

>         <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 ;
> 

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe