Re: [Boost-build] [Boost-cvs] CVS: boost/tools/build/v2/tools gcc.jam, 1.82, 1.83

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-25 08:56:45

Jürgen Hunold wrote:

> I propose to call "SHELL $(command) --version" for support of non-standard gcc 
> names. Please find the patch attached.

I figured I would forget something :-) Applied, thanks.

> Another fact is that I now get "gcc-suse_linux-4.1" instead of a 
> simple "gcc-4.1" but I can live with that ;-))

Yea, I think that's an effect we can live with.

> But it would be nice if BBv2 could detect the target architecture and adjust 
> build paths accordingly.
> 
> That would mean that for:
> 
> Target: x86_64-suse-linux
> 
> it would extract x86_64 on Linux.

Two problems: How would I detect such info? I don't think I can add 
arbitrary features when initializing the toolset.

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