Subject: Re: [Boost-build] gcc visibility support patch
From: Philipp Thomas (pth_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-15 06:56:16
* Jürgen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden]) [20100604 12:16]:
> + real-version = [ MATCH "^([0-9.]+)"
> : [ SHELL "$(command-string) -dumpversion" ] ] ;
Uhohh, boost.build is using the -dumpversion option? That's a grave error
that the Vmware folks also did. -dumpversion only returns major and minor
versions and not the complete version. You need to parse the output of
--version to get the complete version.
Philipp