Re: [boost] --layout=system creates versioned libraries

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-18 13:55:06

On 6/18/05, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The problem is that, as a packager, I need to know which files are being
> created.  And to make things simple, they should be the same on all OSes
> supported by the packaging system I'm working on (pkgsrc).

I don't think thats a reasonable expectation, particularly when
dealing with system-specific entities like shared libraries.  For
example, on OSX the suffix for shared libraries is "dylib", not "so". 
On Cygwin (which behaves an awful lot like most *NIXes), you'll have
"lib" *and* "dll" files.

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Caleb Epstein
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