Re: [Boost-build] generators & gcc toolset.

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-17 20:33:26

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> Rene Rivera <grafikrobot <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>> Vladimir Prus wrote:

>> Hmm, I start to think what you did could be done simpler. You can modify gcc 
>> linking generators, so that for runtime-link=static it returns nothing. Then, 
>> you can modify typed-targets so that when generators return nothing, warning 
>> is emitted instead of error (probably, just for Boost). Then, you won't need 
>> new generators method, as well as some of the changes you made.
>>
>> This approach would simplify the code; though I still don't agree with target 
>> skipping approach.
> 
> Hm, I wonder if an easier solution is to have the gcc toolset add a 
> "<build>no" to the properties. Is that possible? It would seem to solve 
> all the problems of skipping targets and dependents.

Pinging since I never got a response on this one.

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