[boost] Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/new builtin.jam,1.41,1.42

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-09 09:54:13

David Abrahams wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>David Abrahams wrote:
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>>>-declare-type NT : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ;
>>>+declare-type NT : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ; # this is a lie, should be lib.
>>> declare-type : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ;
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>>Just to clarify: should this really be "lib"? 
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> Yes.

OK, changed.

>>Even for cygwin? 
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> No.

OK, made gcc toolset use "a" suffix on all platforms.

>>As I recall,
>>just a few days ago Pavol Droba has complained on Boost ml that "lib" 
>>extension is not regognized by cygwin...
>>
>>Or are NT and CYGWIN different things?
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> Yes.  That's why both names appear in that file.

What are the differences, when one uses the gcc toolset?

- Volodya