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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-21 12:38:01
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Roland Schwarz <roland.schwarz_at_[hidden]> writes:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Boost.Python has always worked with Cygwin GCC, but if you don't use
>> -mno-cygwin, you have to use the cygwin version of Python (the one
>> installed when you select it in the Cygwin installer). Currently the
>> Python support in BBv2 on Windows and Cygwin is a total mess, which
>> may explain why it isn't working for you. I'm trying to fix that up
>> now.
>
> IMHO -mno-cygwin _is_ _not_ cygwin, but mingw!
Whatever; when I say "Cygwin GCC" I mean the build of GCC you get when
you install Cygwin.
> Currently the cygwin/mingw support in bbv2 also is a mess. Python
You mean Boost.Python?
> only builds on top of this. :-(
On top of what?
> Open questions:
>
> 1) should cygwin / mingw tag be a
> *) part of the toolset name like in intel-win intel-linux
No. win/linux is not really part of the toolset name; it's a
subfeature of toolset=intel. However, that role should more properly
be played by the "target-os" feature IMO.
> *) part of the version e.g. gcc-3.4.4-cygwin
> *) be an independant feature (like is now)
>
> 2) Shouldn't cygwin/mingw rather be modelled as a stdlib property?
> stdlib=native/cygwin/mingw
No; it has almost nothing to do with the C++ standard library.
> 3) We will need canonical toolset names for use in Jamfile's. The
> current situation where users can invent arbitrary version-names
> defeats this.
Volodya and I discussed this just now. We agree with you about point
3. Here's what we came up with, to address this issue.
* -mno-cygwin really should be controlled by target-os. Cygwin and
Win32 are best viewed as different OSes, since Cygwin provides a
POSIX API. When using a version of Cygwin GCC that supports
-mno-cygwin, by default it should target the host OS. That is,
when building from a cygwin bjam, the default would be not to pass
-mno-cygwin, and when building from a Win32 bjam, the default would
be to pass -mno-cygwin. In either case, the default would be
overridable by passing target-os=...
* If we drop the ability to arbitrarily choose a version string, we
need a way to identify different configurations of a toolset that
may have the same version number. For example:
- You may have both Cygwin and MinGW gcc 3.4 installed
- You may want to experiment with a special gcc build having C++0x
features
- You may need a convenient way to identify a special configuration
of an existing toolset.
The solution we came up with is to add an optional argument to
"using" that allows you to create a special toolset subfeature
on-the-fly, something like:
using gcc : 3.4 : /usr/local/conceptgcc/bin/g++ : conceptgcc ;
This feature could then also be used to identify the toolset on the
command-line, something like:
bjam toolset=conceptgcc
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
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