[Boost-build] Using <find-library> to find boost libraries possible?

From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-02 08:01:35

I am wondering if it's possible to use bjam to automatically find the 
correct matching (prebuilt) boost library from within user projects:

I tried in my Jamfile (bbv1):

exe hello
        : hello.cpp
        : <sysinclude>/usr/local/include/boost-1_35
          <find-library>boost_thread-gcc-mt
        ;

which does work fine. But at the same time it makes my Jamfile toolset 
dependant.

I recognized, that I also could say:

exe hello
        : hello.cpp
        : <sysinclude>/usr/local/include/boost-1_35
          <gcc><*><find-library>boost_thread-gcc-mt
          <vc_7-1><*><find-library>boost_thread-vc71-mt
# and so on ...	with a lot of boiler  plate.
        ;

I am wondering if there is a way to say something like:

exe hello
        : hello.cpp
        : <sysinclude>/usr/local/include/boost-1_35
          <find-common-variant-library>boost_thread
        ;

I know there also should be a way to specify the version number.

Roland