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

Subject: Re: [boost] Encoding address-model in library names
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-06 22:56:46

Andrey Semashev wrote:

> I think, breaking the world twice (first by adding address-model to the 
> names, then by adding architecture) is worse than breaking it once (by 
> adding both).

Fair point, although I think that "breaking the world" is a slight 
exaggeration.

> There's little difference from the implementation point (I think)...

Not quite true because <address-model> is already supported by the relevant 
Boost.Build rule, which is why the patch is so trivial, while the 
architecture isn't. But I'll see what I can do.