Re: [Boost-build] Broken? lib bar : : <file>...

From: Mark Evans (evans_mark_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-10 05:58:46

$(OS) is CYGWIN but the /target/ OS is HP NonStop.  
  
  A .so library suffix is generated by my cross-toolset for shared  libs.  FWIW it registers .so as its suffix for SHARED_LIB.   The original problem was provoked by a prebuilt shared library that had  no suffix at all. 
  
  Am I stuck with using <search> instead of <file> ?  
  
  If I were to constrain all my "imported" / prebuilt libraries to have  the .so suffix, would there be a way to trick bb2 into accepting such  <file>s in a cross-development scenario like this?
  
  I'm foggy on why bb2 doesn't just tag such library <file>s as <prebuilt> and be happy if the file exists.
  
  Thanks,
  Mark

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
 Can you check what's the output of:

   $ bjam -f-
   ECHO $(OS) ;

is?