David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
"Hendrik Schober" <SpamTrap@gmx.de> writes:
David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
Jonathan Wakely <cow@compsoc.man.ac.uk> writes:
Attached patch implements the idea I proposed below, in case it's wanted.
Now that I look at it, I guess its effectiveness will be vastly reduced if we don't implement naming consistency for vc6 and 7, right?
Yes, definitely. And how about extending this (or coming up with another scheme) so that it equally applies to all tool sets? Because my next question would be: How do I build for GCC 3.3.3 and 3.4.X?
Jonathan answered that.
And does "cw" really apply to CW6, 7, 8, and 9???
No, we never supported cw6, but yes to the rest.
Just a question of how much effort we want to invest in a dying Boost.Build v1 -- all of this is better in BBv2 -- and, of course, a volunteer to do the work.
By the way, anyone who wants to make things better can do this job. It doesn't require any special expertise at all. Just a matter of renaming some files, dropping in some other boilerplate for backward compatibility, and updating the documentation. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com