Re: [Boost-build] When can we retire V1

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-13 07:48:44

On Friday 13 January 2006 15:00, Markus Schöpflin wrote:

>> How does the corresponding V2 code look like?
> >
> > In the simplest form:
> >
> >     return [ run .....
> >
> >          : $(requirements)
> >          : <os>OSF,<toolset>gcc>:<cflags>-mfp-rounding=mode=d
> >
> >          ....
> >
> > That's provided that <os>OSF is property set on that OS, and if not that
> > can be fixed.
>
> Can this do pattern matching as well? Because this is why local rules are
> used in the first place. The actual tool set name will be something like
> gcc-4.0.2-osf, or tru64cxx65-042, or something similar.

No, there's no pattern matching. But in V2, toolset version is separate from 
toolset name, so all versions of gcc on your system will have toolset=gcc, 
thus

   <toolset>gcc:<clags>-mfp-rounding-mode=d

will match *all* versions of gcc. 

- Volodya