Re: [Boost-build] [boost] [bbv2][autolink] Re: Naming of32/64bitlibs

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-18 09:01:58

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> At the moment, they need to edit config files. We though that
>
>   --toolset="borland"
>
> can be used to auto-declare tooset, but in that case both "borland"
> and "borland-5.8" seem to be reasonable names.

OK, looks like another thing to be sorted out before release then, we'll get 
even more complains about a "non standard build tools" if folks have to 
start editing config files before they can start :-(

My gut feeling for Borland then, is to do the same as we did for bbv1 and 
not version the toolset name.  But, ideally, we should be automatically 
detecting what the compiler "really" is and setting it's name accordingly. 
I think Dave A. mentioned that the python Jamfile is already doing something 
similar, but I don't know the details.  Probably a feature for 1.35 that 
one, otherwsie we'll never get this one out ;-)

John.