Re: [Boost-build] platform dependant source files

From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-27 04:42:48

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Not of little help, since it's the common use case to target the 
> platform one is running on. Although Cygwin is a special case. But then 
> again it should be handled differently than plain Win32/NT.

Sorry this should have read: Of little help for what I have in mind, 
i.e. deducing which platform the build is intended to go.

> 
>> Would it be possible to get this platform information in bjam too?
> 
> I don't understand that question. Get which platform information? And is 
> that in bjam or Boost.Build?

Never nor. I am speaking about the config.hpp headers of the boost library.

But as I am just recognizing also the config.hpp does not give such 
information in the form of a macro definition. It just defines 
BOOST_PLATFORM to some platform dependent string. e.g.
#define BOOST_PLATFORM "Cygwin".
What I was hoping for is something like
#define BOOST_PLATFORM_CYGWIN
if compiling for cygwin.

So perhaps the best I can do is rethinking my problem and try to 
approach from a different angle.