[jamming] Multiple directories question

[John Waugh]

whoops, forgot to cc jamming
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Not at my jam-enabled machine right now so I can't test, but it seems
like you need to put SubInclude statements in either your main Jam
file (to build from root dir) or your myExec Jamfile (to build from
that dir, as in your example)

or, if you want to be able to build from either one, do something like
what's mentioned here:
http://maillist.perforce.com/pipermail/jamming/2006-July/002741.html

-John

On 3/1/07, Joshua ChaitinPollak <jpollak at kivasystems.com> wrote:
> I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I can't seem to find an answer... I have
> a project with static libraries and executables, and I'm having
> trouble having the executables build the libraries.
>
> Specifically, I have a directory myProj, which contains:
>
> Jambase
> Jamfile
> myLib/
> myExec/
>
> Inside myLib, there is myLib.cpp and Jamfile, which contains:
>
> SubDir TOP myLib ;
>
> Library myLib : myLib.cpp ;
>
> Inside myExec, there is main.cpp and Jamfile, which contains:
>
> SubDir TOP myExec ;
>
> Main myExec : main.cpp ;
> LinkLibraries myExec : myLib ;
>
>
> When I do the following, I get an error:
>
> cd myExec
> jam
>
> don't know how to make myLib.a
> <snip>
> ...skipped myExec for lack of myLib.a...
>
>
> How do I tell myExec where to find myLib.a, and better yet, how to
> rebuild it if needed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
> --
> Joshua ChaitinPollak
> Software Engineer
> Kiva Systems
>
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