Re: [Boost-users] [Boost-user] bjam and env var

3 Oct 2008


      Sebastian Hauer wrote:
...
Hello Vladimir,
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:36 AM, Vladimir Prus  wrote:
...
notation. More complex, but unlimately best approach is creating
file third_party.jam, with the following content:
       project.initialize $(__name__) ;
       project third_party ;
       rule init ( name : library-path : include-path : defines * )
       {
               lib third_party
               : # sources
               : # requirements
                 <name>$(name) <search>$(library-path)
               : # default build
               : # usage requirements
                 <include>$(include-path) <define>$(defines)
               ;
       }
and add
       using third_party : .... ;
Thanks for the example on how to initialize standalone 3rd party
projects.  Base on the comments in project.jam I eventually figured
out how to do it myself although slightly less elegant and without
'using'.
I'm just wondering is there somewhere a cookbook style set of examples
of how various things can be done using boost build (something beyond
the included examples with boost build that is).  I really like boost
build, it solves a lot of problems for me out of the box which I
previously had with other make replacements but the documentation is
sometimes a bit brief.
There was something on boost wiki, but I'm not sure it has much. At this
point, things like above can probably go into main documentation.
...
Also is there somewhere a document which gives an overview of some of
the design ideas behind boost build?
(Re)writing overview section of the doc is on my todo list, very close to the
top -- it seems like documentation starts to become the most critical part
of boost.build.

- Volodya