2009/3/29 PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2009/3/29 David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>: >> I am trying to add yasm to the jam rules so I can compile asm sources using >> it. >> >> I added a actions like so >> >> actions assemble_yasm >> { >> yasm -f elf -o $(1) $(2) >> } >> >> then added to the case statement in Objects >> case .nasm : assemble_yasm $(<) : $(>) ; >> >> $(1) is fine (the output dir/file) >> but $(2) seems to be the output dir/source file >> >> How do I get $(2) to be the source dir/file >> >> -- >> Cheers >> David >> >> > > yasm -f elf -o $(2) $(1) > > what's the problem ? :) $(1) has the filename Assembly.o and $(2) has the filename Assembly.nasm but both $(1) and $(2) point to the generated directory so neither is useful as an input file since neither points to the source directory. But anyway I worked it out. Apparently the trick is to have a rule with the same name as the actions The rule get the correct values for $(1) and $(2) and passes them to the actions properly. -- Cheers David