Re: [Boost-build] [bbv2] Libs built with system layout include compiler tag

From: Johan Nilsson (r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-10 04:10:57

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Johan Nilsson wrote:
>
>> in BBv2 the Boost libraries built and installed with --layout=system
>> include the compiler tag. This is a (at least for me) breaking
>> change from BBv1.
>>
>> Is this just a mistake, or a deliberate decision?
>
> It's a mistake, we want v2 to behave equivalently to v1. And another
> TODO item :-\

I don't know if this is already on your todo list, but the compiler 
(toolset) tag for gcc now also includes version; e.g. gcc 4.0.1 => gcc40.

I also don't know if I think that's a good thing or not. Probably a good 
thing, but I'll need to account for that as well.

/ Johan