Re: [boost] [thread] Jamfile issue

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Jamfile issue
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-16 18:14:29

AMDG

On 03/11/2012 09:34 PM, Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> It appears that both the <threadapi> and <python-debugging> properties
> cause the same problem. Currently, my only workaround is to delete all
> mentioning of <threadapi> and <python-debugging> from the Boost
> distribution Jamfiles, which obviously is not ideal.
> 
> I think that the problem is due to some of my own targets being seen twice
> in the same build environment: once before and once after Boost Thread and
> Boost Python get defined, leading to the ones seen before to be missing the
> default values of <threadapi> and <python-debugging>.
> 
> Does this seem plausible? Is there a solution to this problem?
> 

I'm sure you're correct.  The best solution
right now is to force boost thread to be loaded
earlier with use-project.

In the long term, I'd like to re-do property handling
to make this a non-issue, but that requires major changes.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe