Re: [Boost-build] Cross-compiling (Was: [gcc] Patch for rc support on linux.)

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-14 10:00:35

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Maybe you can put together a small document on how cross-compiling should 
> ideally work? I've never used that for real project so is not the best person 
> to design it.

Sure, as soon as my machine stop crashing :-( It wouldn't really belong 
as part of the regular docs so where would be best to put that?

> While we're at it, what's that "PATH" argument to 'get-invocation-command'. 
> The last argument is called 'path-last' and is bool, we should be passing 
> either 'true' or some memorable name such 'path-last' to it, not PATH.

Well 'PATH' is a true value :-) And yes I was trying to be memorable, as 
true/yes/whatever aren't. And truthfully 'path-last' isn't memorable 
either. Perhaps 'search-path'? Or 'look-in-path'?

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