Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/v2/build generators.jam, 1.100, 1.101 targets.jam, 1.197, 1.198

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-06 23:57:10

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On a second though, it looks like 'can-build' returning false make 
> generator fail during find-viable-generators call, instead of failing
> in 'run' method. So, it's a mechanism for making generator fail
> earlier. I'm not sure if we need this second mechanism, given that
> 'run' can return nothing already.

If that's true, then why did you initially use the "generate-targets" 
rule instead of the "run" rule to implement the link-runtime=static 
restriction?

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