Make the library modular usable.

build.jam

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright René Ferdinand Rivera Morell 2024
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+import project ;
+
+project /boost/python
+    : common-requirements
+        <source>/boost/align//boost_align
+        <source>/boost/bind//boost_bind
+        <source>/boost/config//boost_config
+        <source>/boost/conversion//boost_conversion
+        <source>/boost/core//boost_core
+        <source>/boost/detail//boost_detail
+        <source>/boost/foreach//boost_foreach
+        <source>/boost/function//boost_function
+        <source>/boost/graph//boost_graph
+        <source>/boost/integer//boost_integer
+        <source>/boost/iterator//boost_iterator
+        <source>/boost/lexical_cast//boost_lexical_cast
+        <source>/boost/mpl//boost_mpl
+        <source>/boost/numeric_conversion//boost_numeric_conversion
+        <source>/boost/preprocessor//boost_preprocessor
+        <source>/boost/property_map//boost_property_map
+        <source>/boost/smart_ptr//boost_smart_ptr
+        <source>/boost/static_assert//boost_static_assert
+        <source>/boost/tuple//boost_tuple
+        <source>/boost/type_traits//boost_type_traits
+        <source>/boost/utility//boost_utility
+        <include>include
+    ;
+
+explicit
+    [ alias boost_python : build//boost_python ]
+    [ alias boost_numpy : build//boost_numpy ]
+    [ alias all : boost_python boost_numpy test ]
+    ;
+
+call-if : boost-library python
+    : install boost_python boost_numpy
+    ;

build/Jamfile

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ else
         ;
 }
 
-project boost/python
+project
   : source-location ../src
   ;
 
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ rule cond ( test ? : yes * : no * ) { if $(test) { return $(yes) ; } else { retu
 rule unless ( test ? : yes * : no * ) { if ! $(test) { return $(yes) ; } else { return $(no) ; } }
 local rule eq ( a : b ) { if $(a) = $(b) { return 1 ; } }
 
+rule tag ( name : type ? : property-set )
+{
+    if python-tag in [ RULENAMES $(__name__) ]
+    {
+        return [  $(__name__).python-tag $(name) : $(type) : $(property-set) ] ;
+    }
+}
+
+if [ python.configured ]
+{
+
 lib boost_python
     : # sources
     list.cpp
@@ -92,8 +103,8 @@ lib boost_python
         [ unless [ python.configured ] : <build>no ]
         <dependency>config-warning
         <python-debugging>on:<define>BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
-        -<tag>@$(BOOST_JAMROOT_MODULE)%$(BOOST_JAMROOT_MODULE).tag
-        <tag>@python-tag
+        -<tag>@%boostcpp.tag
+        <tag>@tag
         <conditional>@python.require-py
 
     :   # default build
@@ -103,6 +114,17 @@ lib boost_python
         <python-debugging>on:<define>BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
     ;
 
+}
+else
+{
+
+alias boost_python : config-warning ;
+
+}
+
+if [ python.configured ] && [ python.numpy ]
+{
+
 numpy-include = [ python.numpy-include ] ;
 lib boost_numpy
     : # sources
@@ -120,8 +142,8 @@ lib boost_numpy
         <library>/python//numpy
         <library>boost_python
         <python-debugging>on:<define>BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
-        -<tag>@$(BOOST_JAMROOT_MODULE)%$(BOOST_JAMROOT_MODULE).tag
-        <tag>@python-tag
+        -<tag>@%boostcpp.tag
+        <tag>@tag
         <conditional>@python.require-py
 
     :   # default build
@@ -131,37 +153,10 @@ lib boost_numpy
         <python-debugging>on:<define>BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
     ;
 
-# boost-install creates `stage` and `install` targets
-#
-# `stage` stages (builds and copies into `stage/lib`) the given libraries
-#   `boost_python` and `boost_numpy` and their dependencies and is similar
-#   to issuing `b2 --with-python stage` from top level
-#
-# `install` installs the two libraries and their dependencies and is similar
-#   to issuing `b2 --with-python install` from top level
-
-if [ python.configured ]
-{
-    if [ python.numpy ]
-    {
-        boost-install boost_python boost_numpy ;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        boost-install boost_python ;
-    }
 }
 else
 {
 
-# When Python isn't configured, the above `boost-install` is not executed,
-# so we create empty `stage` and `install` targets that do nothing but issue
-# a warning message unless `--without-python` is given
-
-alias stage : config-warning ;
-explicit stage ;
-
-alias install : config-warning ;
-explicit install ;
+alias boost_numpy : config-warning ;
 
 }

example/README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Examples
 
 This directory contains various examples using Boost.Python.
-You may compile these using the `bjam` command either in this directory
+You may compile these using the `b2` command either in this directory
 or in any of the subdirectories.
 You may need to adjust the paths in the Jamroot file if Boost.Python
 is not installed in a default location.

test/Jamfile

@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 # Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
 # file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
+require-b2 5.0.1 ;
+import-search /boost/config/checks ;
+
 import python ;
 import os ;
-import ../../config/checks/config : requires ;
+import config : requires ;
 
 lib socket ;
 
-use-project /boost/python : ../build ;
-project /boost/python/test 
+project
   : requirements
     <toolset>gcc:<cxxflags>-Wextra
     <target-os>qnxnto:<library>socket