[2003-01-16] David Abrahams wrote: >Ulrich Eckhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 15:49, you wrote: >>> At 04:25 AM 1/15/2003, Steven Kirk wrote: >>> >windows. Judging by the naming convention used by the other current boost >>> >libraries, shouldn't this library be called "libboost_filesystem.lib"? >>> >>> Yes, I guess. I'll add it to the do list. >>> >> Isn't there a big flaw in that naming-convention ? It means I can't install a >> version compiled for different compilers due to their differing ABIs. >> Therefore, I'd rather go for >> libboost_<name>_<ABI-tag>-version.lib >> 'name' being 'filesystem' in this case and 'ABI-tag' an identifier for the >> compiler, possibly including the stdlib. (note: STLport already uses such a >> scheme, I'd prefer just stealing their ABI-tags if there are no good reasons >> to do otherwise). > >You're probably right. We don't have a system to do that right now, >but it's probably a pretty easy change.
Not totally right... It should be: libboost_<name>_<API-tag>.lib.<version> Putting the version at the end is somewhat standard. And in my current case of OpenBSD required. I could easily do this in BBV1: lib<name>_<TOOLSET_NAME>.lib.<version> The "boost_<name>" part is up to the library authors. If no one has objections? -- grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 102708583@icq _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost