Re: [jamboost] Re: Another prebuilt lib question

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-09 08:31:19

Peter,

> > I have two suggestions:
> >
> > - make Boost.Build look at first suffix (".so") as well.
> > - allow user to specify type explicitly ( <type>SHARED_LIB)
> >
> > What approach looks better to you?
>
> Since libanotherlib.so.3.2.1 is a common naming convention, I would
> prefer option 1.

That's my opinion to.
>
> But if this leads to other implications or maybe ambiguities with
> other naming convetions, 

I'm not aware of such problem yet, so I went ahead and prototyped the change. 
Could you get
http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/~ghost/working_copy/new/prebuilt.jam
http://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/~ghost/working_copy/new/type.jam

and test on your use case? If all is well, I'll comitt the changes.

- Volodya