Re: [Boost-build] <find-static-library> and .lib prefix

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-01 14:02:28

On Friday 09 November 2007 06:40:03 Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2007 5:35 AM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 06 November 2007 20:59:50 Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've seen the svn trunk boost.build adds .lib prefixes to
> > > <find-static-library>, which makes writing Jamfiles forward compatible
> > > impossible. What should I do to have the same Jamfile work on boost
> > > 1.34.1 boost.build and the new boost.build ?
> >
> > I probably can modify version.jam like this:
> >
> >         rule boost-build ( )
> >         {
> >             return "V2 (Milestone 13-svn)" ;
> >         }
> >
> > and you can call this rule and conditionalize the behaviour.
> 
> How do I do that? Will "V2 (Milestone 13)" also have the same behavior?
> If so, then probably there isn't need for the "-svn" sufix.

Well, making SVN state say "Milestone 13" before Milestone 13 is 
actually released would be wrong.

- Volodya