Re: [Boost-build] cygwin - mingw confusion

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] cygwin - mingw confusion
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-06 14:26:02

On Monday 28 December 2009 20:23:44 Beman Dawes wrote:

> Vladimir Prus <vladimir <at> codesourcery.com> writes:
> 
> > I plan to use target-os for the purpose. E.g.
> > 
> >     toolset=gcc target-os=windows
> > 
> > will select mingw, and
> > 
> >     target=gcc target-os=cygwin
> > 
> > will select cygwin (which is in fact a totally separate operating system).
> 
> So if I want to test both under cygwin and mingw can I do this?
> 
>   bjam --dump-tests --toolset=gcc-4 target-os=cygwin,mingw

Yes, this will work after the changes are in (except for "mingw"->"windows")
replaced. mingw, fortunately, is not a separate OS

> 
> And will other compilers still work on the same command line?
> 
>   bjam --dump-tests --toolset=gcc-4,msvc-9.0express target-os=cygwin,mingw

This will require some more elaborate syntax, currently

        toolset=gcc/target-os=cygwin,windows toolset=msvc-9.0express

- Volodya