Re: [boost] [python] threading-related failures on Linux

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-23 09:26:06

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>
>>> Not only on "some Unixes"; the way libpython gets built on Linux systems
>>> differs among the different distributions.
>>> 
>>> We also know of having to add -lutil for pty related functions.
>> 
>> The way this is typically solved is by querying the library / tool about
>> its dependencies (via autotools, i.e. configure, say).
>> I'm not sure whether boost.build has something equivalent...
>
> We don't have any configure-like solution at the moment. Care to work on
> one? ;-)

Well, we do have the SHELL rule.  Not much more than that is needed,
is it?

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