# Boost Build System V2 recipes

Targets in site-config.jam

## Targets in site-config.jam

It is desirable to declare standard libraries available on a given system. Putting target declaration in Jamfile is not really good, since locations of the libraries can vary. The solution is to put the following to site-config.jam.

        import project ;
        project.initialize $(__name__) ;
        project site-config ;
        lib zlib : : <name>z ;

The second line allows this module to act as project. The third line gives id to this project ---it really has no location and cannot be used otherwise. The fourth line just declares a target. Now, one can write

       exe hello : hello.cpp /site-config//zlib ;

in any Jamfile.

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Revised June 18, 2003