Re: Patch: gcc -mno-cygwin support in Boost.Build v2.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-31 11:59:02

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> > project
>> >
>> > : requirements <cflags>-mno-cygwin <linkflags>-mno-cygwin
>> >
>> > ;
>> >
>> > to achieve the same effect. What do you think?
>>
>> I think we may need a --no-cygwin command-line option.
>
> We can use 
>
> bjam cflags=-mno-cygwin linkflags=-mno-cygwin
>
> I'm not sure that a special command line option is good idea. After all, the 
> original poster wants to always build without cygwin, so always specifying a 
> command line option is inconvenient.

The idea was for people like me who want to test no-cygwin builds
along with cygwin builds, as though they were separate toolsets. For
that I want a non-free feature, I think.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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