Re: [Boost-users] Including a source library with Boost.Build

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Including a source library with Boost.Build
From: Z. S. O. (tiredashell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-03 19:31:30

I figured it out =) Thank you so much for your patience, guys. It turns out
I just needed to add [ glob FolderName/*.cpp ] in the jamfile to add all the
source files to my target. Boy am I glad to have that over with!

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ryan Gallagher <ryan.gallagher_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Z. S. O. <tiredashell <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > I'm not sure what that means. I've already #included the header files
> > in the main cpp file, and it sounds like you're saying I need to list
> > the cpp files i'm using somewhere...
> >
> > On 3/3/09, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > > AMDG
> > >
> > > Z. S. O. wrote:
> > >> Do you mean linking them in the jamfile? I'm not sure how to do that
> > >> -- I think this is what's causing me problems.
> > >
> > > You need to list them as sources.
> > >
> > >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj <at>
> gmail.com
> > >> <mailto:watanabesj <at> gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>     AMDG
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>     Z. S. O. wrote:
> > >>
> > >>         I have a source library I'd like to include in my Boost.Build
> > >>         project. The library consists of an assortment of header and
> > >>         cpp files in a folder next to the main cpp file and jamfile.
> > >>         It doesn't require any elaborate precompilation, so it should
> > >>         work just by #including the appropriate header files in the
> > >>         main cpp file (i.e., #include "FolderName/FileName.h").
> > >>
> > >>         My question is, do I need to do anything other than that to
> > >>         make this work? I'm getting an "undefined symbols" error, so
> > >>         clearly Boost.Build not finding something correctly.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>     As long as you're linking all the cpp files that you need, it
> > >>     should work.
> > >>
> > >
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>
>
> I think he's suggesting to just add the .cpp files as sources from
> this library that you need to your BBv2 exe target just as you do
> your main.cpp file.  e.g.
>
> <BBv2>
> exe my_exec : main.cpp ../library/a.cpp ../library/b.cpp ;
>
> This is a very simple way to do it.  If you need everything in that
> library then you might just use [ glob ], otherwise create a
> variable to hold these files.  Better yet, just make a jamfile for
> building a library binary.  I suggest you look at the following:
>
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/doc/html/bbv2/tasks.html#bbv2.tasks.progra
> ms
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/doc/html/bbv2/tasks/libraries.html
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/doc/html/bbv2/reference/rules.html
>
> HTH,
>
> -Ryan
>
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