Re: [Boost-build] [1.34] [showstopper] autolink doesn't work when not specifyingtoolset version

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-07 19:49:03

Hi,

If this is a showstopper we better figure out what we do about it. My  
question is who is doing what and when?

Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Thomas

On May 7, 2007, at 12:37 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to gmane.comp.lib.boost.user as well.
>
>
> on Sun May 06 2007, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I don't think there's anything that autolinking can do to fix this:
>> it requires that libraries are named consistently, and there's no
>> way around that.
>
> Yes, that's not what I meant to imply.
>
>> So we either need to update the docs, or preferably fix  
>> Boost.Build to
>> detect the MSVC version.  As Dave says it does this in other contexts
>> already, so it should be possible.
>
> Exactly.
>
>> BTW, this is a showstopper for 1.34 release I believe.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> -- 
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
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>
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Thomas Witt
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