[Boost-build] b2 generation of boundnames

Subject: [Boost-build] b2 generation of boundnames
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-20 02:30:26

Hi Steven, all,

I have just noticed an issue in Faber, and I'm wondering how you solved
this in b2:

A target (bound) filename is generated using the target properties /
features (I never quite figured out the nomenclature you use), at least
the non-incidental ones. So, part of a library's filename will be a
subdirectory path encoding whether the library is shared or static. Fine
so far. Now consider two object files, `lib.o`, being an intermediate
file that's being linked (or archived) into the library. The other,
`main.o`, being an intermediate file being compiled into an executable,
which is *linked* with the library.

How are the bound filenames of those object files computed, and in
particular, what properties / features are participating, to make the
filenames unambiguous ?

While I can see how the (essential) properties of a library percolate to
the constituent object files, and thus, generating the proper
`.../shared/lib.o` and `.../static/lib.o` filenames. But I'm unsure
about how to do that properly with `main.o`: What if it links to two
libraries, one static, the other shared ? It seems quite hard to come up
with a clear rule as to how to generate the filename in that case. How
do you do that in b2 ?

Thanks,

Stefan

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