Re: [Boost-build] Obtaining Build Variant

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-17 13:17:00

   Hi Brad.

>  From an action, what is the best/easiest way to get the active build 
> variant (eg. debug or release)? I scanned the docs and some of the tool 
> definitions, but nothing stood out. Must have missed it...

   Look at the toolset.flags rule. For example, look at how the msvc 
toolset module it to propagate <pch-file>, <pch-source> & <pch-header> 
property values as JAM variables (PCH_FILE, PCH_SOURCE & PCH_HEADER 
respectively) to msvc.compile rules/actions.

   Hope this helps.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić