Re: [boost] [thread] Jamfile issue

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Jamfile issue
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-10 18:06:47

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> 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?
>

Well, if I do

alias thread : $(boost)//thread/<threadapi>win32 ;

I don't get an error message from Boost Build.

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Emil Dotchevski
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