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: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-01 11:58:01

AMDG

On 02/01/2014 05:38 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 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.
> 

Ah.  I completely forgot.  You can go ahead.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe