Re: [Boost-build] Options for a compiler version

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Options for a compiler version
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-17 18:43:23

On 5/17/2013 12:21 PM, Thomas Suckow wrote:
> On 05/17/2013 04:27 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
>> For a given compiler [version], I would like to:
>>
> I don't know of a way to do this (there probably is though). But I would
> consider not testing a specific compiler version and instead detect
> feature availability (Such as C++0x) using " check-target-builds".
> I have a small example where I test for the -mt suffix on a system:
> https://github.com/thomassuckow/SystemBoost/blob/master/Jamfile.v2

I don't understand what you have at that URL, but then I am clearly 
trying to do something which to me should be extraordinarily simple for 
a build system, like Boost Build, but which Boost Build does not appear 
to support as a native feature.