Re: [Boost-build] selecting Python version for Boost.Python

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] selecting Python version for Boost.Python
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-02-06 23:08:20

AMDG

On 02/06/2018 03:40 PM, Stefan Seefeld via Boost-build wrote:
> 
> So now that the library name has changed, I suppose there is at least
> one other change I need to add: Windows auto-linking support requires
> the library name to be encoded in some source (header) file, doesn't it ?
> 

  Right.  It's in a header somewhere... probably named
config.hpp or autolink.hpp

> Any other changes I need to make, either to code or build logic, somewhere ?
> 

- python-tag is used by libraries that depend on python (I think
  mpi has python bindings).  Make sure that the library naming
  makes sense for those as well.
- --layout=system should probably continue using the current
  naming scheme (python/python3)
- boostcpp.jam in develop has code to use an old naming scheme.
  --layout=versioned-1.66 should use the old names.  (This
  is only intended to make updating Boost less painful
  whenever we change library naming.).

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe