[Boost-build] Boost.jam and system layout

Subject: [Boost-build] Boost.jam and system layout
From: Anthony Foglia (AFoglia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-17 19:42:13

        Another week, another question about the change in the naming of the 
generated Boost libraries.  This one's a bit higher level though.

        I was looking at the boost.jam file in contrib in the repository, and I 
don't think it's been updated for the new layout.  There are two layouts 
system and versioned.  versioned uses the version number, and toolset 
name, but system does not.  system does put in a "-d" for debugged. 
("-gd" on Windows).

        Isn't this now dropped?  Shouldn't it instead be part of a new 
<layout>tagged property?  (The default Boost layout is termed "system" 
correct?)

        I'm not too familiar with the common.format-name command.  And I don't 
have time right now to try making a patch, and I definitely don't know 
enough to make it backwards-compatible.  But is my thinking correct?

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Anthony Foglia
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