[openbeosnetteam] Re: testing stack: PPP Jamfiles

> The StaticLibrary rule was not intended to accept a gristed library name, 
> since it simple prepended `lib' and appended `.a' to derive the actual 
> filename. I changed that to deal with grist gracefully. I.e. if you now 
> invoke `StaticLibrary <mygrist>foo : ... ;' the library target name is 
> `<mygrist>libfoo.a' (a similar change has been made to SharedLibrary, BTW).

Thank you very much! :))

> Furthermore I changed the meaning of the third rule parameter. It's still the 
> directory the library shall go to, but it now defaults to the objects 
> directory, since this is the most common case. If `STATIC_LIBRARY_DIR' is 
> supplied, the static library directory in the distro tree is used. Other 
> values are used uninterpreted.

Perfect! Everything one could wish! :)

> If I understand you correctly, the changed StaticLibrary rule should allow 
> for what you want. I left your Jamfiles untouched -- I figured you probably 
> rather want to play with them yourself. :-P

You are right. ;)
But: I have no time to change that for the next three weeks (well, maybe a 
little bit, I will see). There is very much to do for school.

Thank you.

Waldemar

Other related posts: