[Boost-build] Confused about specifying variants on command line

Subject: [Boost-build] Confused about specifying variants on command line
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-09 14:05:55

Hi all,

I'm just wondering about:

bjam --build-dir=/var/tmp/build/glcxx \
     --stagedir=stage-glibcxx-debug \
     define=_GLIBCXX_DEBUG \
     debug stage

Why did this command (from the top level of a boost-1.34.1 tree) build
boost _release_ binaries as well as debug ones?

TIA,

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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