This is a simple wrapper written in Perl for making the output from
b2
command from Boost.Build
easier to read (more colorful), and errors easier to find
in messy compilations. Initially discussed as part of Boost trac ticket
#3508 - bjam output in colours.
Port of colormake by Bjarni R. Einarsson.
colorbb.pl
A perl filter, which colorizesb2
output.colorbb
A shell script, which combinesb2
andcolorbb.pl
Copy both scripts to location in your $PATH
.
Type colorbb
whenever you'd ordinarily type b2
:
$ colorbb -j4 toolset=clang cxxflags="-std=c++11" variant=debug test
Mateusz Loskot, http:https://mateusz.loskot.net/.
Bjarni R. Einarsson for colormake.
(inherited from colormake)
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