[boost] Re: Long toolset names

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-03 09:15:16

"Aleksey Gurtovoy" <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams writes:
>> Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> > What should we do about the following Boost.Build toolsets which
>> > filename's length exceeds 31 characters:
>> >
>> >     tools/build/v1/como-win32-4.3.3-vc7.1-tools.jam
>> >     tools/build/v1/intel-win32-7.1-vc6-stlport-4.5.3-tools.jam
>> >
>> > ?
>> 
>> Sorry to state the obvious, but... shorten the names?
>
> How exactly? Every part of the name carries essential information that 
> cannot be omitted without disabling other possible configurations. 

Simple; we just change the build/test system to allow the abstract
toolset name to differ from the filename.  The file could contain the
actual toolset name if neccessary:

icl-7.1-vc6-stlport-4.5.3-tools.jam:

       toolset-name intel-win32-7.1-vc6-stlport-4.5.3 ;
       extends-toolset intel-win32 ;
       ...

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Dave Abrahams
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