Re: [Boost-build] namespaces

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] namespaces
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-10-14 14:08:44

AMDG

On 10/14/2016 11:33 AM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> 
> I have "import common ;" in my Jamfile. Later, I write an action as
> 
> actions sphinx
> {
>   common.copy $(something) : $(something-else) ;
> }
> 
> resulting in the error
> 
>   /bin/sh: line 6: common.copy: command not found
> 
> How can I call common.copy inside the "sphinx" action above ? Am I
> approaching this the wrong way (i.e., should I define something other
> than an action for this) ?
> 

The body of an action is passed to the shell.
If you want to call Jam code, use a rule instead.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe