Re: [Boost-users] Possible to put path to boost library somewhere else than Jamroot file?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Possible to put path to boost library somewhere else than Jamroot file?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-03 12:20:53

AMDG

s seelenluft wrote:
> my question is whether I can put the path to the boost library in a another
> file than the Jamroot file (eg, boost-build.jam)?
>
> I run run longish simulations on multiple workstations, essentially Debian
> and Mac OS X machines. For good or bad reasons, the path to the boost
> library is differs between machines. I give the path via an <include> in the
> Jamroot file. Thus the Jamroot file has to be different on each machine.
> However, my code is synchronized via Subversion between the machines which
> poses a problem for the Jamroot file. Thus, I either can only do one-way
> synchronisation from one master computer and edit the Jamroot file on the
> other machines locally (marking the conflict as resolved after the first
> update after this edit) or exclude the Jamroot file from Subversion.  Since
> I probably do modify the Jamroot file from time to time, it would be nice to
> include it in Subversion. Currently, I solve the problem by sticking to
> one-way synchronisation but if there would be another place to put the path,
> this would be nicer.
>   

The easiest solution is to put it in user-config.jam or site-config.jam.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe