Re: [boost] Encoding address-model in library names

Subject: Re: [boost] Encoding address-model in library names
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-06 07:52:34

On 07/06/17 04:10, Gavin Lambert via Boost wrote:
> On 6/07/2017 10:00, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>> If we want to put binaries to the same directory, I think the name 
>> should include the architecture.
> 
> At build time it's trivial enough to have your x86/64 
> libraries in one folder and your arm libraries in another; it might be 
> convenient to have them in one place but I don't see this as compelling 
> (but then I don't build arm binaries as a matter of course, so take that 
> with a grain of salt).

The described use case is to be able to build everything in one go, so 
that all binaries end up in the common stage directory. If we are 
building in multiple steps then one can use separate stage directories 
for address-model as well.