Re: [Boost-users] Find out which build options were used

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Find out which build options were used
From: NoRulez (norulez_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-04-05 02:57:49

Ok, I will give it a try.

Thank you very much

> Am 04.04.2014 um 23:30 schrieb Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>:
> 
> AMDG
> 
> On 04/04/2014 02:08 PM, NoRulez wrote:
>>> Am 04.04.2014 um 21:38 schrieb Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>:
>>> 
>>>> On 04/04/2014 11:52 AM, NoRulez wrote:
>>>> is there somewhere in the boost directory a log file or something else where I can find out how the boost libraries where build?
>>>> 
>>>> The problem is the following, a college of mine build an old version of boost. The college is not longer in our company and I want to update the library to 1.55.0, but I don't know the preprocessor variables and/or options he used.
>>> 
>>> This information is not recorded.  If you're using msvc,
>>> you can get most of the raw options from the .rsp file in
>>> the build directory, but there's nothing like this for
>>> most toolsets.
>> 
>> Ok, thanks but I need it for Mac OS X
> 
> Well, there's no way to get that information
> from Boost.Build. Sorry.
> 
> The build of Boost needs to be compatible with your project.
> If you are using any flags that break ABI compatibility
> (such as -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG), then you need to build Boost
> with those flags.  If you're not doing anything special,
> the default build settings should work.  (Of course, if
> you're only using header-only libraries, then there's
> no need to build anything.)
> 
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe
> 
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