Re: [Boost-build] How best to combine "using xxx", toolset invocation, and conditions?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How best to combine "using xxx", toolset invocation, and conditions?
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-01 08:38:45

On 24.12.2013 20:28, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
>
> On 12/24/2013 04:17 AM, Jess Peterson wrote:
>> The situation is actually a little worse than I thought.  The first
>> <flavor> added to a "using gcc" statement, whether done explicitly or by
>> using a compiler that generates *mingw* with -dumpmachine,  is used in the
>> output directory names of every compile.  If you try to add a flavor to
>> each "using gcc" statement then b2 comes up with a compile line that has
>> options but no compiler.
>>
>> Removing the following lines from gcc.jam fixes all these problems for me,
>> but I do not know why they are there nor do I know how to run tests.
>>
>
> The test suite is in test/ (python test_all.py)
>
>> #   switch $(machine:L)
>> #     {
>> #     case *mingw* : flavor ?= mingw ;
>> #     }
>>
>>
>
> I'll try to fix this after Christmas.

Steven,

is this still in your plans? If not, I can take a stab at this.

Thanks,
Volodya