[interfacekit] Re: Jam and the new tree

After further testing, this isn't working quite the way it should. 
Still, it's working well enough and I should have the minor issues 
worked out in the next day or so, so please use the openbeos tree.

Thanks,

e

Erik Jaesler wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> After a minimum of teeth gnashing and hair-tearing I believe I have 
> successfully migrated our lib code into the new tree and to using Jam.  
> I had to tweak some of the Jamfiles at higher levels of the tree so they 
> would actually do something (they were missing their self-referential 
> SubDir statements).  I also had to monkey with the Jamrules.  Michael, 
> you've probably seen from the CVS notification what I did; if there are 
> any problems on your end with my changes to it, let me know and we'll 
> work it out.  The existing Stage2 rule was hosing the environment for 
> libopenbeos.so's build. =P
> 
> The upshot of this for the IK team is that from this point on, jam is 
> our build tool and we will be working out of the new tree 
> (openbeos/sources/os/kits/app, openbeos/sources/os/kits/interface and 
> openbeos/sources/os/kits/support).  The Jamfiles for our stuff is a 
> little wacky right now, and will be until we no longer need to link 
> against the existing libbe.so.  Just add new files to the appropriate 
> *.src file and everything will be kosher. =)  Note that header files are 
> all kept under openbeos/headers/obos/public & private.
> 
> Anyway, I've got to get some sleep, but tomorrow I'll try to find time 
> to migrate the app_server and tests over.
> 
> BTW, once you've "installed" jam (if you don't have it, let me know and 
> I'll make a copy available) by copying it to /boot/home/config/bin, all 
> you have to do is cd to the directory of your choice and type "jam".  
> That's it!  Our libbe code is set up such that you can build the whole 
> library from the app, interface or support dirs.
> 
> e
> 
> Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the 
> argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
>       -William Pitt, British prime-minister (1759-1806)
> 
> 
> 
>

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