Re: [Boost-build] [Getting started] Building withMingwin/Cygwinwithout cygwin?

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-01 05:04:04

Rene Rivera wrote:
> John Maddock wrote:
>> Experimenting some more, I see that --toolset=gcc-foobar builds as
>> well, looks like any suffix can be appended without any error from
>> bjam - is this really the desired behaviour?
> 
> That has been previously debated... I can't remember if we came to any
> conclusion though.

OK, well at the very least a warning would be helpful, something like:

"CAUTION: Toolset gcc-foobar does not exist, using toolset gcc instead."

At least end users would get some idea that somethings up.

Cheers, John.