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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] building the final library name...
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-14 07:50:31


On Thursday 14 January 2010 15:39:11 Thomas Lehmann wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Story:
>
> I'm trying to use boost to build a library for different
> target parameters like 23bit/64bit, debug/release, windows/linux, ...
>
> At least boost does create a valid tree depending at least on all
> of this parameter with "dummy.lib" as result.
>
> Now I create a install target and the dummy.lib will be places at
> a central location, but...
>
> Question:
>
> Of course I would like to have dummy_linux_32.lib and dummy_linux64.lib
> and so on...
>
> How do I have to set up a JAM file for this?
> (see APPENDIX for my example)

You can use the <tag> feature (documented in manual) to get this
effect. See also C++ Boost Jamroot for an example, here:

        http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/Jamroot

HTH,
Volodya


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