From: Christopher Woods (cwoods_eol_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-24 13:47:59
Rene Rivera wrote:
> Braden McDaniel wrote:
>> Is it possible to suppress generation of the unversioned .lib file when
>> building on Windows?
>
> ] cd <boost-root>
> ] bjam --help
> ...snip...
> --layout=<layout> Determines whether to choose library names
> and header locations such that multiple
> versions of Boost or multiple compilers can
> be used on the same system.
>
> versioned (default) - Names of boost
> binaries include the Boost version
> number and the name and version of the
> compiler. Boost headers are installed
> in a subdirectory of <HDRDIR> whose
> name contains the Boost version
> number.
>
> system - Binaries names do not include
> the Boost version number or the name
> and version number of the compiler.
> Boost headers are installed directly
> into <HDRDIR>. This option is
> intended for system integrators who
> are building distribution packages.
> ...end-snip...
>
> HTH.
>
The default build on windows builds both versioned *and* unversioned
libs (at least for 1.34.0 - can't remember back to 1.33.1 building). If
specifying "--layout=versioned" on the bjam command line results in
*only* versioned libs then the bjam 'default' is actually something
else, no?
-Chris