Re: [boost] Filesystem library name

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-16 08:01:48

Ulrich Eckhardt <uli_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 15:49, you wrote:
>> At 04:25 AM 1/15/2003, Steven Kirk wrote:
>>  >windows. Judging by the naming convention used by the other current boost
>>  >libraries, shouldn't this library be called "libboost_filesystem.lib"?
>>
>> Yes, I guess. I'll add it to the do list.
>>
> Isn't there a big flaw in that naming-convention ? It means I can't install a 
> version compiled for different compilers due to their differing ABIs. 
> Therefore, I'd rather go for
>   libboost_<name>_<ABI-tag>-version.lib
> 'name' being 'filesystem' in this case and 'ABI-tag' an identifier for the 
> compiler, possibly including the stdlib. (note: STLport already uses such a 
> scheme, I'd prefer just stealing their ABI-tags if there are no good reasons 
> to do otherwise).

You're probably right.  We don't have a system to do that right now,
but it's probably a pretty easy change.

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