Re: [boost] [thread] Jamfile issue

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Jamfile issue
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-10 16:41:40

AMDG

On 03/10/2012 01:13 PM, Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> In my own Jamfile targets, if I refer to Boost Thread as:
> 
> alias thread : $(boost)//thread ;
> 
> I get:
> 
> error: No best alternative for boost_1_48_0/libs/thread/build/thread_sources
>     next alternative: required properties: <threadapi>win32 <threading>multi
>         not matched
>     next alternative: required properties: <threadapi>pthread
> <threading>multi
>         not matched
> 
> I could do this instead:
> 
> alias thread : $(boost)//thread/<threadapi>win32 ;
> 
> But that clumsy, I'd be dispatching between POSIX and WIN32 configurations,
> which ideally should be done internally by Boost Thread's Jamfile.
> 
> Is there a better way to refer to Boost Thread?
> 

Are you sure that the problem is <threadapi>, not <threading>multi?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe