Re: [boost] Some bjam questions

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-03 14:52:15

Peter Dimov wrote:
> 1. Why doesn't --build-type=complete work when invoked from a library build 
> directory?
> 
> I needed to build libboost_serialization-vc71-mt-sgd.lib yesterday and went 
> through quite a few attempts to get the options right (from within the 
> serialization build directory). I see now that it would've been easier to 
> use --with-serialization from the top level, but why doesn't the "intuitive" 
> way work as expected?

I had to put in a special check to disable the build-type option in 
anything but the root to prevent problems with testing. As testing, and 
other builds, assume that the default builds happen. I don't remember 
the exact symptom at the moment though.

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