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

Subject: Re: [boost] [build] [config] check_target_builds and feature.subfeature composition
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-24 19:51:14

On 1/24/2017 3:30 AM, John Maddock wrote:
>
>>> 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.

I am glad somebody else besides me sees what there is a real problem. 
Thanks John.