Re: [boost] Boost building with CMake

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-22 12:07:14

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Tue May 22 2007, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>>> Sure, but with a "generic" toolset that used CXX/CXXFLAGS etc to run
>>>> an arbitrary compiler, we surely could support that?

Yes, we could.

>> I'm suggesting we do the same thing.
> 
> We have different constraints.  We don't have low-level build
> descriptions as in Makefiles.

Sure, but having such a toolset would give others a place to start in 
developing their own toolset.

>> Existing supported toolsets remain unchanged.  The 99% case where
>> the user is using a version of gcc but with custom invoke/compiler
>> options could be detected (autoconf does this already) and forwarded
>> to our gcc toolset presumably.
>>
>> I had meant to test this out by now, but you know time etc...
> 
> You're not answering my questions.  What about the
> platform/compiler-independent build properties when they appear in
> Jamfiles?  Are they ignored, or do they get translated somehow, or
> what?

That lost me... Could you give an example?

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