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Custom Tool Search Path
user name
 2007-07-25 04:53:17 

  


  

    Dear All,

I have created a custom tool which I have copied directly into the $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH)/tools directory and everything works fine. ; However, I would like to install this tools into an arbitrary directory.  I have tried "import /path/to/file/my-tool ;" but this doesn't work.


Could anybody tell me how this can be done?

Thanks in advance.

Anthony




  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     user name

     2007-07-25 05:01:28
  


  

    

  


  

    I have solved this problem as follows:

import modules ;

modules.load my-tool : : /path/to/file ;


On 25/07/07, Anthony Novatsis < anthonynovatsisgmail.com">
anthonynovatsisgmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,

I have created a custom tool which I have copied directly into the $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH)/tools directory and everything works fine. ; However, I would like to install this tools into an arbitrary directory.  I have tried "import /path/to/file/my-tool ;" but this doesn't work.


Could anybody tell me how this can be done?

Thanks in advance.

Anthony






  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     country flaguser name
Austria		
     2007-07-25 05:49:08
  


  

    

Anthony Novatsis wrote:
> I have solved this problem as follows:
> 
> import modules ;
> 
> modules.load my-tool : : /path/to/file ;

However you are not properly importing the symbols...

Have you tried:

import /path/to/file/my-tool ;

Of course the filename is my-tool.jam

Regards
Roland

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     user name

     2007-07-25 06:14:03
  


  

    

  


  

    Hello Roland,

Using "import /path/to/file/my-tool ;" is what I originally tried (see original post) but it doesn't work.

The error is as follows (a rule defined within the module is not found):


/opt/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:66: in modules.call-in
rule my-tool.some-rule unknown in module my-tool.

Regards,
Anthony



  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     country flaguser name
Russian Federation		
     2007-07-25 06:30:48
  


  

    
Anthony Novatsis wrote:

> Hello Roland,
> 
> Using "import /path/to/file/my-tool ;" is
what I originally tried (see
> original post) but it doesn't work.
> 
> The error is as follows (a rule defined within the
module is not found):
> 
> /opt/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:66: in
modules.call-in
> rule my-tool.some-rule unknown in module my-tool.

I think the problem is that the above 'import' manages to
use '/path/to/file/my-tool'
as the name of the module, not 'my-tool'. 

I think the easiest solution is to arrange your
boost-build.jam to add /path/to/file
to the front of the BOOST_BUILD_PATH variable and then use:

        import my-tool ;

- Volodya


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     user name

     2007-07-25 06:52:40
  


  

    

  


  

    Yes, I thought that the problem was related to the fact that "/path/to/file/my-tool"; was being used as the module name instead of
"my-tool&quot;.  The rule "some-rule" is an actions rule defined in the module that is used by a custom generator.

It would be nice if import had the same semantics as modules.load (i.e. possibility to specify a search path for the module).


I was hoping for a solution independent of the BOOST_BUILD_PATH environment variable, but I will do it this way for now.

Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Anthony



  

  
  
   
     
    






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