Re: [Boost-build] Using 'explicit' targets

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Using 'explicit' targets
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-16 15:56:51

On 5/16/2016 12:08 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
>
> On 05/16/2016 08:48 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
>> On 5/16/2016 10:00 AM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
>>>
>>>   You're right.  The documentation is wrong
>>> here.  Any place that takes a project-id also
>>> accepts a directory.
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> alias system : ../boost-git/libs/system/build ;
>>
>> Shouldn't that be that anyplace that takes a target-id also accepts a
>> directory ?
>>
>
> That's also true, since a project-id is
> one form of target-id.
>
>> Also I don't think that "project-id" is ever really defined anywhere.
>>
>
> http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/overview/projects.html

I see that now. Thanks !