Re: [Boost-build] Compiler release suffix missing from lib names

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-17 08:19:00

Vladimir Prus <ghost <at> cs.msu.su> writes:

> 
> On Friday 17 November 2006 15:13, Nicola Musatti wrote:
[...]
> > When I build a RC_1_34_0 branch snapshot from this morning with the
> > following command:
> >
> > bjam --v2 toolset=borland-5.8.2 stage
> >
> > libraries are given names which lack the compiler release suffix, e.g.
> >
> > boost_thread-bcb-mt-d-1_34.dll
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > boost_thread-bcb58-mt-d-1_34.dll
> >
> > Am I doing anything wrong or is it a Boost.Build/toolset problem?
> 
> tools/build/v2/tools/common.jam has this to say:
> 
>     # On borland, version is not added for compatibility
>     # with V1.
>     if $(tag) = bcb
>     {
>         version = ;
>     }

This would be correct for the generic 'borland' toolset from V1, but not for the
release specific ones, such as 'borland-5_6_4'.

[...]
> > Would it be possible to have a three digit suffix used instead of the two
> > digit one used by BBv1? For some compilers the third digit is significant,
> > not only Borland's but also gcc.
> 
> I'm afraid this is not possible for this release of Boost, since any change is 
> extra work. Likewise, I don't think it's reasonable to change borland library 
> names too.

I agree as far as three digit names go, but for Borland the V2 behaviour is
actually a change, or rather a subset, with respect to V1.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti