Re: [jamboost] How to name libraries correct across platforms?

From: Phillip Seaver (phil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-03 09:56:07

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Hi Craig,
>
> > lib libfoobar : $(SRC) ;
> ...
> > Now, on a Linux platform, the resulting output will be:
> > libfoobar.so
> >
> > On Windows, this will be:
> > libfoobar.dll
> >
> >
> > I don't want this, I want the output of this to be:
> > libfoobar.so on Linux
> > foobar.dll on Windows
>
> You can write:
>
> lib foobar : $(SRC) ;
>
> and then use the 'tag' feature to decorate the name to your liking. 
> Take a
> look at tests/tag.py. It has a big Jamfile block at the beginning 
> which can
> serve as example. You can also look at tools/stage.jam, rule 'rename'.

Unless I'm mistaken, <tag> appends to the base name, and we would want 
to prepend "lib".

> But probably we should add 'lib' automatically on Unix if no <tag> is
> specified?

Actually, I think it should prepend "lib" on Unix whether or not a <tag> 
is specified. You may want it to be "libfoobar.so" &"foobar.dll" for 
release and "libfoobar_d.so" & "foobar_d.dll" for debug, for example.

Phillip