Re: [boost] [build] [config] check_target_builds and feature.subfeature composition

Subject: Re: [boost] [build] [config] check_target_builds and feature.subfeature composition
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-24 03:30:20

>> Yes I have, I brought it up, nothing happened. I stopped using
>> check_target_builds.
>>
>    The problem is that check_target_builds tries to
> guess which features are important, and does it
> badly (via a hard-coded list).

IMO this is just plain wrong - any command line change could change the 
behaviour of the compile - I would rather loose the caching (which 
itself is problematic at times) that have it yield the wrong answer.

John.