Re: [Boost-build] Build requirements bug?

From: Pedro Lamarão (pedro.lamarao_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-25 10:47:48

Vladimir Prus escreveu:

> The current behaviour is what is documented:
>   
> http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/targets.html#bbv2.advanced.targets.requirements
> 
>> It seems weird that I request toolset=msvc-7.1 on the command line and
>> the target builds with another toolset.
> 
> If we want nothing to be done in this case, you can add another "target 
> alternative":
> 
>    alias test ;

I see. That trick does indeed work for me.

I now see that "The difference between requirements and default-build is
that requirements cannot be overriden in any way."

But, then, when will bjam fail in this regard? In what circumstances
does it decide a target is impossible to build?

--
 Pedro Lamarão