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From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-27 05:34:13


Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Somewhere in builtin.jam, I see
>
> declare-type NT : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ;
>
> Hmm.. One thing sure: borland compiler won't work
> with it (I'm just adding support for it). So, why this
> line is there? Is ".a" a common suffix for gcc on NT?
>
> In this case, will be need to be able to determine suffix
> based on os/toolset combination?

Yes, have a look at the following conversation:

news://news.gmane.org:119/3D2EE46C.1934726B@ginit-technology.com
(Automatic lib prefix on NT, 2002/07/12).

Markus

 


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