Re: [Boost-build] gcc visibility support patch

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] gcc visibility support patch
From: Jürgen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-15 08:37:32

Hi Philipp,

On Tuesday, 15. June 2010 12:56:16 you wrote:
> * Jürgen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden]) [20100604 12:16]:
> > +        real-version = [ MATCH "^([0-9.]+)"
> > 
> >              : [ SHELL "$(command-string) -dumpversion" ] ] ;
> 
> Uhohh,  boost.build is using the -dumpversion option? That's a grave error
> that the Vmware folks also did. -dumpversion only returns major and minor
> versions and not the complete version. 

I echoed the version and got full "4.4.3" which is Major.Minor.Patch.
And manually checked it again now.

> You need to parse the output of
> --version to get the complete version.

That would "gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3"

I doubt that we want Boost.Build behaviour depending on "-4ubuntu5".

Yours,

Jürgen
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