[C++-sig] defining bjam rules...

[David Abrahams]

"Charles Leung" <cleung at eos.ubc.ca> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to implement rules for bjam to install my current project but I
> can't get bjam to execute the 'actions' statement that I defined in my
> Jamfile.  Following is an example code that I can't get it to run.
>
>
>
> ECHO_ ?= echo ;
>
>
> rule COUT
> {
> 	COUT_ $(<) ;
> }
>
> actions COUT_
> {
> 	$(ECHO_) $(<)
> }
>
> rule my_rules
> {
> 	DEPENDS $(<) : $(>) ;
> 	COUT $(>) ;
> }
>
> rule make_rule
> {
> 	exe $(<) : $(>) ;
> 	LINKLIBS on $(<)$(SUFEXE) = -lm ;
> 	my_rules $(<) : hello world ;
> }
>
> make_rule testit : test.cc ;
>
>
>
> I tried running something simular using ftjam and it works fine.  Am I
> missing something here?

Lots. Boost.Build is a higher-order build system than FTJam, and so
you need different techniques. Please try your Boost.Build questions
on the yahoo group at http://www.yahoogroups.com/groups/jamboost

Regards,
-- 
                       David Abrahams
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