[boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-26 21:14:53

Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:

>
> I think it would be possible to add the pseudo-targets so that doing:
>
> 	bjam libboost_thread-vc71-mt-1_33.lib
>
> Would be, in BBv1, equivalent to:
>
> 	bjam "-sBUILD=release <runtime-link>dynamic/<threading>multi" 
> --with-thread stage
>
> Something similar could be done in BBv2.

But not with pseudo-targets.  We actually decide what Jam targets to
generate based on the command-line, rather than generating the world
and letting jam build the ones specified.  In fact BBv1 does the same
in part.  You'd still have to extract and interpret the toolset tag
before deciding what to generate.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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