Re: [jamboost] Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/new builtin.jam,1.41,1.42

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-09 08:35:01

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> -declare-type NT : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ;
>> +declare-type NT : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ; # this is a lie, should be lib.
>> declare-type : STATIC_LIB : a : LIB : main ;
>
> Just to clarify: should this really be "lib"? 

Yes.

> Even for cygwin? 

No.

> As I recall,
> just a few days ago Pavol Droba has complained on Boost ml that "lib" 
> extension is not regognized by cygwin...
>
> Or are NT and CYGWIN different things?

Yes. That's why both names appear in that file.

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