[openbeos] Re: using jam -- where's Jambase?

> I'm compiling some small programs on BeOS using jam.
> For my Jamfile, I copied and modified this:
> 
> # Copied from an OBOS newsletter article by Ryan Leavengood.
> APP_NAME = myApp ; 
> SOURCES =  main.cpp MyApp.cpp MyWindow.cpp MyView.cpp ; 
> Main $(APP_NAME) : $(SOURCES) ; 
> LINKLIBS on $(APP_NAME) = -lbe -lstdc++.r4 ;
> 
> It seems to work fine... There's 2 things I'd like to know:
> 
> If "Main" and "LINKLIBS" are jam rules, then, aren't they supposed

Main is rule, LINKLIBS is just a variable, but anyway...

> to be in a Jambase file somewhere? There's no Jambase around
> though. Is it compiled into my jam 2.4 executable?

Exactly.

> Also, can I somehow add MyApp.rsrc to the above Jamfile?

If you are trying this in context of the OBOS build system, simply put 
an

  AddResources $(APP_NAME) : MyApp.rsrc ;

*before* your Main rule. Otherwise have a look at current/Jamrules. 
AddResources is defined there as well as an adjusted Link rule invoking 
several BeOS specific rules (XRes, SetVersion, SetType, MimeSet).

CU, Ingo

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