[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2746: Please allow specifying the library SONAME in Jamroot

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2746: Please allow specifying the library SONAME in Jamroot
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-11 02:11:36

#2746: Please allow specifying the library SONAME in Jamroot
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 Reporter:  roberto_at_[hidden]  |       Owner:  grafik 
     Type:  Feature Requests      |      Status:  new    
Milestone:  Boost.Jam 3.1.17      |   Component:  bjam   
  Version:  Boost.Jam 3.1.16      |    Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:  SONAME                |  
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 In working on packaging the luabind library (which utilizes Boost.Jam) for
 Debian, I found the way that the library SONAME is passed to the linker is
 not "correct."  It seems like since the SONAME is something that should
 ideally be managed by the library developer, it would be good if Boost.Jam
 allowed the library SONAME to be specified in the Jamroot file (for
 operating systems that have a notion of a SONAME).

 Here is the related thread from the luabind-user mailing list:

 http://news.gmane.org/find-

 root.php?message_id=%3c20090131051842.GA15718%40connexer.com%3e

 Thanks to some help from volodya in IRC, we worked up the patch from the
 first message in the above thread.  However, I think that some sort of
 configuration variable, that if set, allowed specifying the SONAME would
 be better.  In the absence of the SONAME being specified in the Jamroot
 file, the current behavior could be kept as default.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2746>
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