Re: [boost] Re: Re: Re: more config/auto_link nitpicks

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-09 06:05:54

> Yes, and done... here's the diff so you see where it is..

Excellent, I'll start testing right away.

> >think that will pretty much solve everything (as far as I can tell if the
> >same lib is found by two different mechanisms - auto-linking and
explicitly
> >being listed on the command line - then that's OK, it's only an issue if
> >these two mechanisms don't refer to the same lib file).
>
> And given that the paths are target specific, with the .a .lib etc in
them,
> it's unlikely it will end up with two pointing to the same lib.

Yes that what I thought.

> O' thee holly grail ;-)

:-)

> Can't do it right now... None of us have had the time to implement a
SYSTEM
> builtin to bjam :-( It's a fair amount of work. But if someone would like
to
> contribute a tested cross-platform system/exec code that captures output
it
> would speed things up ;-)

How does the regression test code put program output in the log files then?

Even so, I think this issue can wait.

Thanks again,

John.