Re: [Boost-build] [V2, 1.34] Qt support issues

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-10 02:41:11

On Wednesday 08 March 2006 13:46, Bojan Resnik wrote:
> > The branch for the 1.34 is coming nearer and I've been thinking about
> > the support for Trolltech's Qt Library.
>
>   Sorry for barging into this discussion, but there is another issue I
> believe should be addressed, possibly after 1.34. This is an issue
> with all third-party libraries for which there is support in
> Boost.Build, but it has been nagging me with Qt only for now.
>
>   When projects which use the same third-party library are compiled
> with different compilers, the library compiled with the same compiler
> should be used. Currently, there is no way to specify, for example:
> ---
>   using qt4 : C:/Qt4/VC8 : <toolset>msvc-8 ;
>   using qt4 : C:/Qt4/VC6 : <toolset>msvc-6 ;
> ---
>   And have the appropriate settings used when projects are compiled
> with MSVC8 and MSVC6 respectively.

I agree this is a problem. Can you add this to the issue tracker:

   https://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build

Thanks in advance,
Volodya