Re: [boost] What does "xml this : this.qbk" do?

AMDG On 05/21/2015 09:49 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:

Documentation Jamfiles often contain a line like

xml core : core.qbk ;

What does this line do? Is "xml" a rule? I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

Rules are automatically defined for all target types. xml is just like exe or obj. This particular call says to create core.xml from core.qbk. In Christ, Steven Watanabe