Re: jam instead of make

Julio Merino <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:35:09 +0000

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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Larson, Timothy E. <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Adding tech-pkg.)
>
>> You could create a wip/mk/jam.mk that defines common do-{build,install}
>> rules if ${USE_JAM} is set to "yes".
>
> I do see several mentions of USE_[I|C]MAKE in the pkgsrc guide, so USE_JAM would parallel that.  But I also see that MAKE_PROGRAM gets set to gmake if gmake is in USE_TOOLS.  Which is the more correct/preferred way to go?

Check out devel/boost-jam and the bjam.mk file in there.

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Julio Merino