Re: [Boost-build] Wacky handling of MinGW

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-18 14:30:18

Roland Schwarz wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
> 
>> What's wrong with
>>
>>     using gcc : 3.4.2_mingw : /tools/MinGW/bin/g++.exe ;
>>     using gcc : 3.4.2 : /usr/local/gcc-3.4.2/bin/g++.exe ;
>>
> 
> Sorry it is becoming somewhat hard to follow the thread (might be
> excessive quoting), but as I understood so far:
> 
> using gcc : 3.4.2~mingw : /tools/MingW/bin/g++.exe ;
> using gcc : 3.4.2       : /usr/local/gcc-3.4.2/bin/g++.exe ;
> 
> already does work. Not?
> 
> The point is using "~" symbol as a separator.
> 
> (Unfortunately I cannot try this out at the moment.)

Yes, both "_" and "~" work as a separator in the version number. The "-" 
does not work because BBv2 uses that as a separator for features.

The original subject was that using any value in the version number, 
including nothing, will still result in a toolset named 
"gcc-mingw-/version/".

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