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 11:22:22

Steven wrote:
> On 06/08/2016 02:21 AM, Christian Aichinger wrote:
> > [...] Why is this order not honored?
> > 
>   The issue here is that at the low level, the
> executable has a dependency on the library,
> but the object files do not.  In addition,
> for the #include scanner to work, Boost.Build
> needs to know what header files are created.

Is there any way around this? IOW, is there a solution for the original problem: building libraries with external build tools and using shared/static libraries and headers in my own bjam project?

Regards,
Chris