Re: [Boost-build] <find-static-library> and .lib prefix

From: Felipe Magno de Almeida (felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-08 22:40:03

On Nov 8, 2007 5:35 AM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 November 2007 20:59:50 Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've seen the svn trunk boost.build adds .lib prefixes to
> > <find-static-library>, which makes writing Jamfiles forward compatible
> > impossible. What should I do to have the same Jamfile work on boost
> > 1.34.1 boost.build and the new boost.build ?
>
> I probably can modify version.jam like this:
>
>         rule boost-build ( )
>         {
>             return "V2 (Milestone 13-svn)" ;
>         }
>
> and you can call this rule and conditionalize the behaviour.

How do I do that? Will "V2 (Milestone 13)" also have the same behavior?
If so, then probably there isn't need for the "-svn" sufix.

> Will that work?

I think so.

>
> - Volodya

Regards,
-- 
Felipe Magno de Almeida