module for creation of toolset projects for libs

doc/src/tasks.adoc

@@ -726,3 +726,7 @@ managers. Currently the supported ones are:
 
 * Conan (`conan`): currently supports the
   link:https://docs.conan.io/en/latest/reference/generators/b2.html[`b2 generator`].
+
+:leveloffset: +1
+include::../../src/tools/vcpkg.jam[tag=doc]
+:leveloffset: -1

doc/src/tools.adoc

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ include::../../src/tools/asciidoctor.jam[tag=doc]
 
 == Miscellaneous Tools
 
+:leveloffset: +2
+include::../../src/tools/external.jam[tag=doc]
+:leveloffset: -2
+
 :leveloffset: +2
 include::../../src/tools/pkg-config.jam[tag=doc]
 :leveloffset: -2

src/build/ac.jam

@@ -199,9 +199,17 @@ class ac-library : basic-target
         else
         {
             local use-environment ;
+            local vcpkg-ps ;
             if ! $(self.library-name) && ! $(self.include-path) && ! $(self.library-path)
             {
                 use-environment = true ;
+                local vcpkg-proj = [ project.target vcpkg : allow-missing ] ;
+                if $(vcpkg-proj)
+                {
+                    vcpkg-ps = [ targets.generate-from-reference
+                        /vcpkg//prefix : $(vcpkg-proj) : $(property-set) ] ;
+                }
+
             }
             local libnames = $(self.library-name) ;
             if ! $(libnames) && $(use-environment)
@@ -213,12 +221,20 @@ class ac-library : basic-target
             libnames ?= $(self.default-names) ;
 
             local include-path = $(self.include-path) ;
+            if ! $(include-path) && $(vcpkg-ps)
+            {
+                include-path = [ $(vcpkg-ps).get <include> ] ;
+            }
             if ! $(include-path) && $(use-environment)
             {
                 include-path = [ os.environ $(name:U)_INCLUDE ] ;
             }
 
             local library-path = $(self.library-path) ;
+            if ! $(library-path) && $(vcpkg-ps)
+            {
+                library-path = [ $(vcpkg-ps).get <search> ] ;
+            }
             if ! $(library-path) && $(use-environment)
             {
                 library-path = [ os.environ $(name:U)_LIBRARY_PATH ] ;

src/build/project.jam

@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ rule initialize (
         ECHO "Initializing project '$(module-name)'" ;
     }
 
+    .init-stack = $(module-name) $(.init-stack) ;
+
     local jamroot ;
 
     local parent-module ;
@@ -642,6 +644,7 @@ rule initialize (
     }
 
     .current-project = [ target $(module-name) ] ;
+    .init-stack = $(.init-stack[2-]) ;
 }