Re: [boost] [boost, config, context, log, 1.58] address-model and architecture detection

Subject: Re: [boost] [boost, config, context, log, 1.58] address-model and architecture detection
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-04-24 03:42:53

On 24 April 2015 at 00:07, Asbjørn <lordcrc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 23.04.2015 22:28, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>
>> Is this problem unique to Boost? Does any other library encode 32 vs 64
>> bit
>> variant in library name?
>
>
> FWIW:
>
> The OSS project I'm involved with depends directly on Boost, Python, Qt,
> OpenEXR, FFTW and Embree. On Windows we don't use any 32/64 bit variations
> of the filenames of any of our libraries.
>
> Instead we keep two separate directory trees for 32bit and 64bit
> dependencies, everything from source to lib/dll files.

FYI, separate folders is what, AFAIK, CoApp+NuGet native packages use
and what, hopefully, is becoming a de-facto standard on Windows.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net