[Boost-build] Boost Build Variations: One Missing, One Extra!

From: Bilokon, Paul (paul.bilokon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-11 11:40:44

Hi,

Apologies if the answer to this question is supposed to be obvious. I am
trying to build Boost using the following command:

    "E:\dev\external\boost\boost_1_35_0\bjam\bjam.exe"
--build-type=complete
--build-dir="E:\dev\external\boost\boost_1_35_0\build"
--toolset=msvc-8.0 stage

Now, as far as I understand, --build-type=complete should give me all
combinations of

    variant=debug,release; threading=single,multi; link=static,shared

I'm expecting to see 2^3 = 8 combinations in total. As a result I get
this (I do hope the original formatting gets preserved):

+--
E:\dev\external\boost\boost_1_35_0\build\boost\bin.v2\libs\date_time\bui
ld\msvc-8.0
    |
    +-- debug
    |   |
    |   +-- link-static
    |   |   |
    |   |   +-- runtime-link-static:
libboost_date_time-vc80-sgd-1_35.lib
    |   |   |   |                     (variant=debug, threading=single,
link=static)
    |   |   |   |
    |   |   |   +-- threading-multi:
libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-sgd-1_35.lib
    |   |   |                         (variant=debug, threading=multi,
link=static)
    |   |   |
    |   |   +-- threading-multi:
libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-gd-1_35.lib
    |   |                             (variant=debug, threading=multi,
link=static)
    |   |
    |   +-- threading-multi:
boost_date_time-vc80-mt-gd-1_35.dll
    |                                 (variant=debug, threading=multi,
link=shared)
    |
    +-- release
        |
        +-- link-static
        |   |
        |   +-- runtime-link-static:  libboost_date_time-vc80-s-1_35.lib
        |   |   |                     (variant=release,
threading=single, link=static)
        |   |   |
        |   |   +-- threading-multi:
libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-s-1_35.lib
        |   |                         (variant=release, threading=multi,
link=static)
        |   |
        |   +-- threading-multi:
libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-1_35.lib
        |                             (variant=release, threading=multi,
link=static)
        |
        +-- threading-multi:          boost_date_time-vc80-mt-1_35.dll
                                      (variant=release, threading=multi,
link=shared)

Indeed, I do get 8 combinations, *but* I get two of

    variant=debug, threading=multi, link=static

(under different names -- one with -s, the other one without) and I get
two of

    variant=release, threading=multi, link=static

(under different names -- one with -s, the other one without) but I
never get

    variant=debug, threading=single, link=shared
    variant=release, threading=single, link=shared

Would you please explain to me what's going on?

Many thanks,
Paul
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