From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-11 01:57:42
Bryant Bunderson wrote:
> What is the proper way to call an external make file from a Jamfile? The
> following doesn't work for me:
>
> make adder : : @make-adder ;
>
> actions make-adder
> {
> "make -f adder.mak build"
> }
>
> I get the following error:
>
> error: target {
> Jamfile</simple/common>%Jamfile</simple/common>.make-adder-adder. } has
> no type
>
> It seems like calling out to an external make would be a simple thing to
> do in a build system. This has been really hard.
Try it as:
make adder : adder.mak : @make-adder ;
actions make-adder
{
make -f "$(>)" build
}
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