Re: [Boost-build] Handling libraries that are built with external build systems

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Handling libraries that are built with external build systems
From: Christian Aichinger (caichinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-08 04:21:53

Steven wrote:
> Try using make instead of notfile.  (warning untested)
> 
> make libextlib.a : : @build_extlib ;
> alias extlib : libextlib.a ;
> 
> (Boost.Build should deduce that it's
> a static library from the .a extension.)

Hi!
Unfortunately that didn't quite solve the problem. The issue is that the src targets are built *before* build_extlib. That doesn't work, as src/* relies on C++ headers that are generated by build_extlib.

There seems to be a pretty clear dependency relationship from src//target -> ext/external-lib//extlib -> ext/external-lib//build_extlib. Why is this order not honored?

Regards,
Chris