Re: [Boost-build] forcing target alternatives breaks cross platform ability?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-26 03:48:44

On Wednesday 19 April 2006 01:37, Ian Fasel wrote:
> When on darwin, some targets in my project require the 3.3 version of
> gcc, while others require the 4.0 version.  On linux, they can all be
> built with the same gcc.
>
> If my user-config.jam is:
> 	using darwin : 3.3 : g++-3.3 : <cxxflags>"-fcoalesce-templates" ;
> 	using darwin : 4.0 : g++-4.0 ;
> then I can make two targets using the same sources, with different
> names, and use target alternatives in my Jamfiles, e.g.,
> 	lib mpisearchX-3.3 : mpisearchX.cpp : <toolset>darwin-3.3 ;
> 	lib mpisearchX-4.0 : mpisearchX.cpp : <toolset>darwin-4.0 ;

Hi Ian, I'm not sure what problem you're solving with the above. If you have a 
target that requires gcc-3.3 on darwin, then what about:

   lib the_special_target : whatever.cpp : <os>darwin>:<toolset>darwin-3.3 ;

? Can you clarify what problems do you get?

- Volodya

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