Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4863: Support for building with multiple toolsets

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4863: Support for building with multiple toolsets
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-18 18:45:36

#4863: Support for building with multiple toolsets
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  Reporter:  dave              |       Owner:  johnmaddock
      Type:  Bugs              |      Status:  new        
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |   Component:  regex      
   Version:  Boost 1.44.0      |    Severity:  Problem    
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:             
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Comment (by anonymous):

 >OK. Is it really true that people are rebuilding ICU binaries to match
 whatever C++ compiler (and settings) they're using, though? That seems so
 difficult as to be effectively impossible. Seems more likely to me that
 different VC++ versions are close enough to abi-compatible that they can
 link with the prebuilt ICU binaries(?)

 >How do you test this stuff?

 With whatever msvc version I used to compile ICU with ;-)

 On Linux it's much easier as most Linux compilers are ABI compatible with
 GCC anyway.

 With MSVC it's true that you can mix VC versions, and release and debug
 binaries, and ''mostly'' it will all work.  But it does come back to bite
 you in the end... usually.  BTW the binaries that ICU provides are useless
 for this purpose, as they only supply release mode builds, and not
 binaries that link to the debug runtime.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4863#comment:4>
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