Re: [boost] [1.33.0] Code is frozen

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-25 15:06:26

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>> I realize that not too much work has done with Comeau as far as the 
>> Boost build process is concerned but I think that something should be 
>> done to circumvent dll builds of libraries for Comeau in the normal 
>> Boost build process.
> 
> 
> Must have missed the first mention :-\ The attached patch to 
> tools/build/v1/boost-base.jam prevents DLLs (and other shared objects) 
> from getting built with como. Unfortunately this will cause regression 
> testing to break as the test Jamfiles are not designed to handle 
> dependent targets not getting built. So if Doug thinks it's important to 
> fix this for release I can investigate further to make testing work 
> under these conditions.

I did not mean that the change should take place in Boost build for 1.33 but I 
think it needs to take place for the future for those who try to use Comeau. I 
will bring up other Comeau issues in the Boost build NG.