Re: [boost] Regression tests on Cray

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-01 13:07:26

Matthias Troyer <troyer_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Dear Boosters,
>
> Since we got to work jam on the Cray, found an
> optimizer bug when compiling regex with -O3  that we
> will report to Cray and got regex to compile at -O2, I
> am now running the regression tests.
>
> While they are running I want to ask a question about
> building and post a patch/question about running the
> rgeression tests.
>
> First the (maybe stupid) question: how can I disable
> the building of shared libraries when using bjam?
> Shared libraries do not seem to exist on the
> vector-Crays and I would like to disable them, instead
> of getting build failures.

Not stupid at all; currently Boost.Build doesn't have a way to deal
with target types that aren't supported at all on a given platform.
We'll have to see if we can find a way to handle that.

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