Re: [Boost-build] gcc toolset options

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-26 10:30:00

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Sunday 26 November 2006 02:10, Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> the gcc toolset accepts the 'flavour' option, but does not make any use
>>> of it. Why is it needed?
>> Ah, what do you mean it doesn't use it? ... lines 90-103:
>>
>>      local condition ;
>>      if $(flavor)
>>      {
>>          condition = [ common.check-init-parameters gcc
>>
>>              : version $(version)
>>              : flavor $(flavor)
>>
>>              ] ;
>>      }
>>      else
>>      {
>>          condition = [ common.check-init-parameters gcc
>>
>>              : version $(version)
>>
>>              ] ;
>>      }
> 
> I saw that, but that does not affect anything except for target directories 
> and the full name of the toolset -- and does not effect any command lines at 
> all.

Well that's something ;-) In the case of having mingw and cygwin that 
would be important if they both happen to be the same version of gcc. It 
also affects the eventual tagging of library names, which adds the "mgw" 
for a mingw gcc.

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