arvidn / conan-boost-build-gen

a conan generator for boost-build

Boost Build conan generator

This conan generator generates a project-root.jam file with lib targets for all conan dependencies.

For example, a project depending on OpenSSL/1.0.2g@lasote/stable will have the following targets generated:

lib ssl :
        : # requirements
        <name>ssl
        <search>/Users/arvid/.conan/data/OpenSSL/1.0.2g/lasote/stable/package/811d822905b54fc167634e916129401c4f86d1e5/lib
        : # default-build
        : # usage-requirements
        <include>/Users/arvid/.conan/data/OpenSSL/1.0.2g/lasote/stable/package/811d822905b54fc167634e916129401c4f86d1e5/include
        ;

lib crypto :
        : # requirements
        <name>crypto
        <search>/Users/arvid/.conan/data/OpenSSL/1.0.2g/lasote/stable/package/811d822905b54fc167634e916129401c4f86d1e5/lib
        : # default-build
        : # usage-requirements
        <include>/Users/arvid/.conan/data/OpenSSL/1.0.2g/lasote/stable/package/811d822905b54fc167634e916129401c4f86d1e5/include
        ;

alias conan-deps :
        ssl
        crypto
;

In you Jamfile, add a dependency on conan-deps, like this:

exe my_executable : foobar.cpp conan-deps ;

Note that all other target names may be unpredictible.

In order to use this generator, add a dependency on it on your conanfile.txt and use the BoostBuild generator.

[requires]
BoostBuildGen/1.0@arvidn/testing

[generators]
BoostBuild