Re: [boost] b2 --layout=versioned compiler tag in library filename

Paul Harris wrote:

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 22:53, Mateusz Loskot via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

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On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 15:54, Paul Harris via Boost wrote:

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In the past, b2 would build libraries named like so: libboost_atomic-gcc48-mt-d-1_60.so (note -gcc48-)

I tried compiling Boost 1.66.0 (from boost-git) with gcc 8.3.0, but the library it generates is named:

libboost_atomic-gcc-mt-d-x64-1_66.so (note the -gcc-) No compiler version number in the tag...

Possibly, it's related to the change in GCC 5+ versioning. This was accommodated in Boost.Build in October 2018 https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/349 that is, in Boost 1.69 (boostorg/build should use milestones for issues, IMO)

Excellent, thanks for that reference.

I don't think it's possible for a change in 1.69 to affect how 1.66 is built. Something else must be wrong.