Re: [Boost-users] [boost 1.36]: Problems with bjam option --buildid

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost 1.36]: Problems with bjam option --buildid
From: Daniel Krügler (dsp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-05 02:11:27

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Daniel Krügler wrote:
> 
>>> Now, if buildid is specified, the names are like this:
>>>
>>>         stage/lib/libboost_program_options-mgw42-mt-1_37-xxx.so.1.37.0
>>>
>>> and Jamroot code was buggy. Now the question is what symlink should be produced:
>>>
>>>         stage/lib/libboost_program_options-mgw42-mt.so
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>         stage/lib/libboost_program_options-mgw42-mt-xxx.so
>>>
>>> Daniel, you get to decide :-)
>> Hey, what an honor! ;-)
>>
>> We do not work with symlink output, but personally I would suggest
>> to use the second approach, i.e.
>>
>> stage/lib/libboost_program_options-mgw42-mt-xxx.so
> 
> I tend to agree. If somebody explicitly wanted to decorate libraries with buildid,
> the presumably they don't want any libraries or symlink to be accidentally confused
> with buildid-less versions.
> 
> The patch is now in:
> 
>         https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/49560
> 
> Please let me know if it works for you.

Thanks, everything seems fine now!

Sorry for the late reply, but yesterday I had no chance to contact
this news group. Seems that there were technical problems to reach
the group?!

- Daniel