[Boost-users] How to link (properly)

When I run bjam install on my laptop running Mandriva 2006, it places a lot of files in /usr/local/lib with names like libboost_XXX-gcc.a While I know that I can pass -lboost_XXX-gcc and it links, the -gcc bit seems to make things a bit too platform dependent for my liking. What's the proper way to handle that extra bit at the end of the library name? The project I'm working on uses autoconf/configure/make as its build environment.