Thomas Witt wrote:
Volodya,
can you have a look at this. I am inclined to put it in RC_1_34_0 if you think it's OK.
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Index: tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam,v retrieving revision 1.89 diff -u -r1.89 gcc.jam --- tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam 3 Apr 2007 17:10:53 -0000 1.89 +++ tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam 3 May 2007 02:48:10 -0000 @@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ # The 'command' variable can have multiple elements. When # calling the SHELL builtin we need a single string. local command-string = $(command:J=" ") ; - local command-info = [ MATCH "^[^ ]+[ ]+[^ ]+[ ]+([^ ]+)[^(]*[(]?([^)]*)" - : [ SHELL "$(command-string) --version" ] ] ; - version ?= $(command-info[1]) ; - switch $(command-info[2]:L) + local machine = [ MATCH "^([^ ]+)" + : [ SHELL "$(command-string) -dumpmachine" ] ] ; + version ?= [ MATCH "^([0-9.]+)" + : [ SHELL "$(command-string) -dumpversion" ] ] ; + switch $(machine:L) { case *mingw* : flavor ?= mingw ; }
This change appears to be safe to me. - Volodya