Re: [Boost-users] [1.34] autolink doesn't work when not specifying toolset version

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-05 22:08:41

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Sat May 05 2007, Yuval Ronen <ronen_yuval-AT-yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>> Yuval Ronen wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The way I view it is that in 1.33.1, you'd specify vc_8_0 as toolset,
>>>>> and in 1.34 you have to specify msvc-8.0 to achieve same effect.
>>>>> The behaviour with plain "msvc" may be a bug, or feature, or doc issue,
>>>>> depending on your point of view.
>>>> So what's your point of view? Anyone else?
>>>>
>>>> As a Boost user, my point of view that if the docs says I can use plain
>>>> "msvc" and use autolink, 
>>> Where does it say that? If that's the case, that's doc bug.
>> In /more/getting_started/windows.html in the Boost 1.34.0 beta package. 
>> Specifically look at section 5.2.4 and section 6.
> 
> This should **just work**, and it's possible (probably
> easy) to implement.  Sorry, I just can't accept that it's the fault of
> the documentation.

Especially given that "--toolset=gcc" behaves as expected by users, i.e. 
as if one had done "--toolset=gcc-x.y".

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