Re: Expanding toolsets to vary by platform

From: digiharmon (digiharmon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-01 15:01:54

--- In jamboost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "digiharmon" <digiharmon_at_y...>
> 
> > We added a "platform" feature and it seems to work, except that we
> > cannot specify more than one feature on the jam command line 
using -
> > sBUILD=.
> >
> > -sBUILD="debug <platform>x86-solaris" works.
> >
> > -sBUILD="debug <platform>x86-solaris <runtime-link>dynamic" just
> > ignores the platform and uses the default platform.
> >
> > It seems that specifying more than one feature on the command line
> > causes all the specified features to be ignored and the defaults 
are
> > used.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this behavior?
> 
> Jerry,
> 
> I'm seeing different unexpected problems with multiple properties 
in a
> BUILD request:
> 
> -----
> 
> cd c:/boost/status/
> myjam -sTOOLS=msvc -sBUILD="debug <optimization>space
> <runtime-link>static" type_traits
> <libs!regex!build>libboost_regex.lib: required property
> <optimization>off incompatible with <optimization>space
> 
> ------
> 
> How critical is this bug for you? I ask because we're really 
trying to
> stop working on Boost.Python v1, and only want to fix critical bugs 
so
> we can focus energy on writing Boost.Python v2...
> 
> On the other hand, if this is a showstopper, please tell us and 
we'll
> address it.
> 
> -Dave

Dave,

This bug is keeping us from using a platform feature (to handle 
differences in threading options in different gcc versions), so this 
is a critical issue for us. We would appreciate anything you can do.

Thanks,
Jerry