Re: [Boost-build] exelinkflags

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] exelinkflags
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-18 07:04:14

Andreas Huber wrote:

>> Has there been any progress with regards to the problem originally
>> described
>> by David Deakins:
>>
>> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/18442>
> 
> I guess no answer means "no". Ok, I then would like to propose David's
> original patches again. I know that the original answer was that this should
> be solved in a more generic way and I agree. However, wouldn't it make sense
> to apply David's patches now and keep them in place until a more generic
> solution exists? Surely, the development of such a solution isn't the
> highest priority and might therefore take a long time to materialize, but we
> could still test the official unpatched version of Boost on Windows Mobile
> in the mean time.
> 
> Thoughts?

This makes sense to me. How exactly are you planning to use this feature -- maybe
we can pick a different name that clearly indicates this is a temporary solution?

- Volodya