Re: [Boost-build] qcc toolset

From: Jim Douglas (jim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-20 06:14:02

Juergen Hunold wrote:
> On Friday 17 February 2006 17:00, Jim Douglas wrote:
>>
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>>1. The "-ftemplate-depth-100" is incorrect because it is hard coded
>>into the gcc action. It should be "-Wc,-ftemplate-depth-100"
> 
> 
> Well, that one should really be configurable. And its value is 255 in 
> the gcc toolset of V1, by the way...

I agree. Hard coding anything into the command line is bad practise. I 
have to assume that the change from 255 in bbv1 to 100 in bbv2 is a 
considered change.

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>>1. The "-Wc,-fPIC" option should be "-Wl,-fPIC". c = compiler, l =
>>linker ****************
> 
> 
> No. -fPIC is a valid gcc _compile_ option.

Well, that's what I thought, but the current build system seems to have 
-fPIC being passed to the compile and link phases...?

Jim