Re: [jamboost] feature.jam: Need help with subfeatures

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-02 09:05:05

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>>if "<target-platform>mingw" is specific to gcc-2.95.2, then it sounds like
>>>there's more that two-level hierarchy.
>>>
>>>Do you mean that "valid" means:
>>>
>>> this subfeature can only be specified if the given values of
>>> main features (and some subfeatures) are present?
>> 
>> 
>> Exactly. There is no hierarchical relationship among subfeatures, but
>> some may exert dependencies on others.
>
> Could you clarify the docs, then? I think it would be enought to
> add a paragraph to boost_build_v2.hml saying something like above.
> Else, readers would wonder what is "valid" and what is "specific".

Done, I hope.
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David Abrahams
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