Re: [Boost-users] [boost] [bjam] combinations of options

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost] [bjam] combinations of options
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-08-30 11:26:00

AMDG

On 08/29/2016 09:31 AM, Lorenzo Caminiti wrote:
> 
> When I use bjam the following will compile my code with combinations
> of MSVC, GCC, and CLang for both shared and static linking:
> 
>     $ bjam toolset=msvc,gcc,clang link=shared,static # (1)
> 
> Is there a way to define a variant, target, or something else in the
> Jamfiles so that I can shortcut the above by typing just the variant
> target at the command line:
> 
>     $ bjam all_toolset_link_combinations # equivalent to (1) above
> 
> I am asking this just for convenience because I have a feature like
> toolset but with 30+ values so it'd be nice to shortcut it to a single
> target on the bjam command line.
> 

  Use an alias target with the default-build
set to your combination.  (This is how
--build-type=complete at the root used to be
implemented.)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe