Re: <toolset>: symmetic or not

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-15 02:53:12

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Should <toolset> feature be symmetric. IOW, if "gcc" is default
> toolset for me, should targets be built to
>
> bin/debug
>
> or to
>
> bin/gcc/debug
>
> ? I think first alternative is preferred --- the shorter paths in
> the most common case, the better. Other opinions?

This is ok as long as the user has the option to enable bin/gcc/debug, 
as he might also need bin/acc/debug and /bin/vacpp/debug and so on. 
This should be possible for the platform as well, I think. Like 
bin/linux/gcc and bin/aix/gcc and bin/sunos/gcc and so on.

>
> (BTW, it appears that 'symmetric features' are not yet supported,
> although it should be extra easy to implementent)
>
> - Volodya

Markus