Raymond Wan wrote:
Hi all,
In a recent post (a few weeks ago), someone asked if it is possible to remove the compiler name/version from the library name.
i.e., libboost_math_c99-gcc43-mt-1_37.so --> libboost_math_c99-mt.so
Someone replied that adding "--layout=system" to bjam would do the trick and indeed, that worked. When compiling Boost, I was wondering if it is possible to add this parameter to the user-config.jam file, rather than editting the Makefile directly? If so, what would be the syntax to do this? Somewhere, I read that user-config.jam "define[s] available toolsets" -- I guess this parameter is not a toolset, so it is not possible?
The reason I am asking is rather silly -- but just that editting the Makefile is slightly more error-prone than sending a user-config.jam to someone (or backing it up myself for later use) since the Makefile could change based on what configure outputs.
It is not possible currently. For next Boost release, it will be possible to have, in your project, a file called project-config.jam that can specify pretty much everything. That, additionally, will make configure/make approach no longer relevant. - Volodya