Re: [Boost-build] v2 Python toolset doesn't faithfully reproduce v1

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-22 02:37:56

On Thursday 13 July 2006 02:44, David Abrahams wrote:

> I also note this:
>
>     # NOTES:
>     # - V1 had logic to force intel to use gcc's runtime.
>     #   Note sure why that was needed, with icc 8.0 extensions
>     #   built with intel are loaded by python without problems.
>
> Has the version of Python also been built with Intel?  If so you won't
> see any problems, as the following v1 comment indicates:
>
>   # Normally on Linux, Python is built with GCC.  A "poor QOI choice"
>   # in the implementation of the intel tools prevents the use of
>   # intel-linked shared libs by a GCC-built executable unless they
>   # have been told to use the GCC runtime.  This rule adds the
>   # requisite flags to the compile and link lines.

Sorry for continuing being dense, but I can't find any outstanding failures in 
Python tests on intel-9.0 (Martin Wille V2). So:

  - is this problem fixed in 9.0
  - is there any test that would have caught this problem and that I can run
    with intel 8.0 to check?

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Vladimir Prus
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