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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-02 08:50:51


David Abrahams wrote:

>>if "<target-platform>mingw" is specific to gcc-2.95.2, then it sounds like
>>there's more that two-level hierarchy.
>>
>>Do you mean that "valid" means:
>>
>> this subfeature can only be specified if the given values of
>> main features (and some subfeatures) are present?
>
>
> Exactly. There is no hierarchical relationship among subfeatures, but
> some may exert dependencies on others.

Could you clarify the docs, then? I think it would be enought to
add a paragraph to boost_build_v2.hml saying something like above.
Else, readers would wonder what is "valid" and what is "specific".

- Volodya

 


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