Re: [Boost-build] make more than one target with one custom command

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] make more than one target with one custom command
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-28 13:29:51

AMDG

On 09/28/2015 11:02 AM, Roman Matsybora wrote:
> In Custom Command section of boost-build documentation there are 3 ways to use custom command: * using make rule 
> * using notfile rule * using generate rule 
> But all of these ways make only one target. 

Actually generate can produce multiple
targets (as long as you know all the
files that will be produced).  Just
create a list of all the targets and
return it from the generating rule.

> If project has some procedure that generates many source files at once, how can I declare them? 
> Example: 
> program make_sources creates a1.cpp and a2.cpp a1.cpp and a2.cpp are not available  before build. 
> 
> main target is exe a : a1.cpp a2.cpp ; 
> How to declare a1.cpp and a2.cpp targets? 
> 

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe