Re: [Boost-build] lib prefix on Unix

From: Khassapov, Alex (Alex.Khassapov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-27 02:21:15

For historical reason... That's a Python extention module.

-----Original Message-----
From: boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden]
[mailto:boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus
Sent: Thursday, 27 March 2008 4:42 PM
To: boost-build_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [Boost-build] lib prefix on Unix

Alex Khassapov wrote:

> David Abrahams <dave <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
> 
>> 
>> Toon Knapen <toon.knapen <at> fft.be> writes:
>> 
>> > David Abrahams wrote:
>> >
>> >>>Isn't
>> >>>
>> >>>  On Unix, "lib" prefix is prepended to names of all targets of
type LIB
>> >>>  that don't have that prefix already.
>> >>>
>> >>>simple enough?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> It's reasonably simple until you start having to follow it by
>> >> "except..." or "unless..."
>> >> :)
>> >
>> > And it probably needs to be clarified that bbv2 does not support
>> > creating libraries *without* the lib prefix anymore.
>> >
>> > This will bite me because I have inherited a project where
libraries are
>> > created (using bbv2) without the lib prefix. OK no problem so far
if all
>> > of a sudden all libraries have a lib prefix. But now there are
other
>> > tools that refer to these libraries with the name of the libraries
>> > hardcoded.
>> 
>> Here's your first customer for an "except..." clause.
>> 
>> See?
>> 
> 
> Yeah, we had the same problem and had to write the <tag> rule to
prevent
> appending "lib"
> 
> rule tagrule ( .name : type ? : property-set )
> {
>     #ECHO $(.name) $(type) ;
>     local ret = "" ;
>     if ( $(.name) = $(name) & $(type) = SHARED_LIB )
>     {
>         # return itga.so, get extention for SHARED_LIB
>         local ext = [ type.generated-target-suffix $(type) :
$(property-set) ] ;
>         ret = $(name:S=.$(ext)) ;
>     }
>     return $(ret) ;

Why your libraries don't have "lib" prefix in the first place?

- Volodya

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