Re: [Boost-build] <user-interface>

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] <user-interface>
From: Brian Ravnsgaard Riis (brian_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-27 20:49:03

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On 28-06-2010 02:08, Brian Ravnsgaard Riis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Hmm.. browsing through the BBv2 sources, I thought the idea of the
> <user-interface> feature might be to indicate console or gui type of
> application. I would expect this to add "-mwindows" on MinGW when
> "<user-interface>gui" was in requirements, but it doesn't. Is this a
> bug? If not, what is the purpose of that feature?

FWIW, the following patch (from BBv2 root) seems to take care of it.
Apparently <user-interface> is only used on msvc currently.

I am still curious about the correct usage of <user-interface>. What
about values native and auto? msvc specific?

 /Brian

diff -r ce0620dc5163 tools/gcc.jam
- --- a/tools/gcc.jam	Sat Oct 17 01:00:21 2009 +0000
+++ b/tools/gcc.jam	Mon Jun 28 02:44:45 2010 +0200
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@
 toolset.flags gcc.link FINDLIBS-ST <find-static-library> ;
 toolset.flags gcc.link FINDLIBS-SA <find-shared-library> ;
 toolset.flags gcc.link LIBRARIES <library-file> ;
+toolset.flags gcc.link OPTIONS <target-os>windows/<user-interface>gui :
- -mwindows ;

 toolset.flags gcc.link.dll .IMPLIB-COMMAND <target-os>windows :
"-Wl,--out-implib," ;
 toolset.flags gcc.link.dll .IMPLIB-COMMAND <target-os>cygwin :
"-Wl,--out-implib," ;
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