Re: [Boost-build] Selecting different sources depending on hostplatform

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-03 08:42:10

On Friday 31 March 2006 22:58, Emil Dotchevski wrote:

> Attached is a test case that demonstrates my problem.
>
> You were right that in the simplest case it works. It worked fine with
> empty jamroot, but then I added a project in it to specify static linking
> by default, and this triggered the problem. So, in the attached jamroot, if
> you comment out the line that says "<link>static", it will all work.
>
> I am not sure if this is by design or if it is a legitimate bug. If it
> isn't a bug, can someone please explain the logic behind this behavior?
 
Hi Emil,
it looks like you're hitting a know bug:

   http://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build/ticket/16

It was not investigated in much detail, I'll try to look at it again now.

- Volodya

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