Re: [Boost-users] Using multiple versions/targets of Boost

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-01 16:28:15

Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
>> Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
>>
>>> So, I suppose I can install both targets into common place and I'll
>>>  have following files in C:\Boost\lib:
>>>
>>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-gdp.lib and 
>>> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-gdp.lib
>>>
>>> Are my assumptions correct?
>>
>> After I build latest Boost 1.33.1 with VC++ 8.0 I noticed strange
>> thing. I called bjam with --prefix=c:\boost-vc-8_0 so all *.lib files
>> are in location c:\boost-vc-8_0\lib on my machine.
>>
>> All files have names with toolset name part indicating like they were
>> built with VC++ 7.1 - toolset vc-7_1. Example:
>>
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-1_33_1.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-gd-1_33_1.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-gd.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-s-1_33_1.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-s.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-sgd-1_33_1.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-mt-sgd.lib libboost_date_time-vc71-mt.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-s-1_33_1.lib libboost_date_time-vc71-s.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-sgd-1_33_1.lib 
>> libboost_date_time-vc71-sgd.lib
>>
>> Shouldn't there be vc80 toolset name like 
>> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-1_33_1.lib ?
>>
>> Is this correct?
> 
> I've just checkouted and built Boost from CVS (1.34) and libraries
> names are as I expected - with vc80 toolset name but not vc71:
> 
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-1_34.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-gd-1_34.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-gd.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-s-1_34.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-s.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-sgd-1_34.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt-sgd.lib
> libboost_date_time-vc80-mt.lib
> 
> Hmm, I'm not sure but may be build system from Boost 1.33.1 does
> not work well with VC++ 8.0.

It should... Did you use "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0" both times? As that's what it 
uses to determine the "vc80" tag.

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