On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:29 AM Edward Diener via Boost-build <boost-build@lists.boost.org> wrote:
How do I tell Boost Build to use different compiler or linker options,
depending on whether the end-user is building some target in debug or
release mode, in a compiler toolset's jam file ? The compiler toolset I
am trying to create needs to specify, in particular, different library
directories to search depending on whether the end-user is building a
debug mode or release mode target. I know what those library directories
should be for either for debug mode or release mode, and I understand
how to pass the library directories as a variable to the compile or link
action, but I do not understand how I tell Boost Build that when the
action is building a target in release mode it should use the sequence
of library directories for release mode and when the action is building
a target in debug mode it should use the sequence of library directories
for debug mode. Something tells me I have to create different
conditions, one for release mode and one for debug mode, with the
appropriate library directories, but I am not sure how this is done. Any
help would be appreciated.

The usual way is to add "<variant>debug:<???>???" conditional properties to a target. But I suspect this is not exactly what you are looking for :-\

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