Re: [Boost-build] #7706 : cross compiling of threads library - JamFile.v2

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] #7706 : cross compiling of threads library - JamFile.v2
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-09 10:00:00

AMDG

On 12/09/2012 04:03 AM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7706 it has been suggested to
> make this change
> 
> @@ -105,7 +107,7 @@
>  local rule default_threadapi ( )
>  {
>      local api = pthread ;
> -    if [ os.name ] = "NT" { api = win32 ; }
> +    if <target-os>windows in $(properties) { api = win32 ; }
>      return $(api) ;
>  }
> 
> 
> and it doesn't work on MinGW as the test is always false. Is target-os
> defined by default? Even giving it on the command line doesn't works?
> 
> What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to solve this issue?
> 

What is properties?  Where is it defined?
If it's undefined, then it's treated as
an empty list, so the test is, of course, false.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe