[boost] Re: additional boost libraries?

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-23 14:41:41

Robert Ramey wrote:
> Rene Rivera wrote:
> 
> Robert Ramey wrote:
> 
>>>a) If the compiler is an older compiler
>>>b) && SPIRIT_ROOT is defined to something not null
>>>c) || the compiler is a newer compiler.
>>>
> 
>>Although it's now possible to do this, I would *not* recommend this as a
>>solution. The basic problem with changing the Jamfile to skip the building
>>is that it will only work if people use the Jamfile. That's fine for
>>testing, but not for release. Many people out there don't use BB for
>>building Boost.
> 
> Well, if boost build isn't being used then there is no issue. Such users
> would just exclude libs/serialization/src/*xml*.cpp files from the library
> build. This is what I would like to see the boost build system do.

Hmm, good point :-)

But after look at how to do this I realize that I was wrong, it's not 
currently possible. It's possible if the final target is a DLL or EXE, 
but because of the way that LIBs work on some platform it's not possible 
to easily combine them during the build :-(

Let me think about how to do this... I'll get back to you, hopefully 
with a solution.

PS. This is something that BBv2 supports already. Many more things are 
possible in BBv2 because of the explicit toolset configuration, as 
opposed to the implicit toolset config of BBv1.

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