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From: Mark Evans (evans_mark_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-13 15:14:43


I am puzzled why so many toolsets do the following (where xyz is toolset name):

toolset.inherit xyz : unix ;
generators.override builtin.lib-generator : xyz.prebuilt ;
generators.override xyz.searched-lib-generator : searched-lib-generator ;

What motivates the override statements and what do they do? Are they necessary?

Thanks,
Mark



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