Re: [Boost-users] Re: Building boost as part of larger project which also uses jam

David Abrahams wrote:

Vladimir Prus writes:

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Phillip Seaver wrote:

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I want to switch to jam for building our projects and I was wondering how to handle building boost within those projects. Will "subinclude boost" from the directory above it work? Or will I have to use bjam on the boost tree (like a recursive make)?

Thanks in advance,

In Boost.Build V2, using boost from your project is a simple matter of saying something like:

use /boost/filesystem : $(BOOST_ROOT)/libs/filesystem/build ;

exe foo : foo.cpp /boost/filesystem//boost_filesystem ;

This will even automatically add boost includes when compiling foo.cpp.

As for V1, I'm not sure.

It's straightforward.

In the top level of your project, put this "Jamrules" file:

---- Begin Jamrules ---- project boost : path/to/boost/root/directory ; # contains libs/, more/, ... ---- End Jamrules ----

To link with a boost library or dll, add something like this to your target's sources:

<lib>@boost/libs/filesystem/build/boost_filesystem or <dll>@boost/libs/date_time/build/boost_date_time

HTH,

Thanks for your help. Hopefully I'll have an opportunity to try it out soon. Sincerely, Phillip