Re: [jamboost] Re: <toolset>: symmetic or not

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-16 08:18:18

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:

> >>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.
> > 
> > 
> > Yeah, I agree with Markus. As soon as the user-config.jam or
> > site-config.jam makes multiple toolsets available, it should
> > definitely be symmetric.
> 
> Eh... why? Why can you have "bin/debug" for default toolset and
> "bin/borland/debug" for non-default one? 

Did you mean "why can't" here? Otherwise, I don't know how to answer.

Well, you can. There are two kinds of people in this world <g>: those
who build with one toolset and those that build with many. Those who
build with many will be confused if they have one directory with no
toolset named in it.

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David Abrahams * Boost Consulting
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