Re: [Boost-build] [1.34.0] Showstopper Missing Copyright/License

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-07 06:13:04

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 12:03, Markus Schöpflin wrote:
>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>> Markus Schöpflin wrote:
>>>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>>>> I suppose lack of "-V2" in the tester id ;-)
>>> Strangely that was not the entire reason :-) I also looked at the
>>> version number used in the toolsets. For BBv2 they usually contain a
>>> ".", whereas for BBv1 the toolsets don't use a period.
>> Shouldn't toolset names never contain an extra dot because of limitations
>> of some CD-ROM file system? I darkly seem to remember there was once a rule
>> about this.
> 
> In V2, there's a single toolset file for all possible versions. So, using 
> version like "7.1" or "4.1" does not mean you have to have a file named 
> gcc-tools-7.1, and the problem with CD-ROMs is not longer there.

Yes of course, you're right. So should I change my toolset names? And if 
yes, into what should they be changed? Currently I'm using 
hp_cxx-71_006_tru64, or gcc-3_4_3_tru64. Is hp_cxx-7.1.006_tru64 and 
gcc-3.4.3_tru64 better?

Markus