Re: [Boost-build] bug? bultin properties not set

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bug? bultin properties not set
From: Oliver Kowalke (k-oli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-02 08:42:24

Rene Rivera schrieb:
> Oliver Kowalke wrote:
>> bjam --debug-building does notcontain the builtin properites such as 
>> <architecture>, <address-model>, <instruction-set>. But <target-os> is 
>> set. Because the User Handbook doesn't tell anything why some of the 
>> bultin props are not set (props of the target os/platform) I assume it 
>> is a bug.
>> May this be correct?
> 
> Those three properties you mention, architecture, address-model, and 
> instruction-set, are defined as optional. Hence they are not set by 
> default. This fits the model of compilers to have a default for those 
> that they compile to.

Does boost.build provide functions returning the correct values or do I 
have to implement those by myself?