Re: Restrictions for naming custom variant

Mateusz Loskot via Boost-build <[email protected]>
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On 20 June 2018 at 21:18, Steven Watanabe via Boost-build
<[email protected]> wrote:
> AMDG
>
> On 06/20/2018 01:02 PM, Mateusz Loskot via Boost-build wrote:
>> Hi;
>>
>> TL;TR: In Jamfile, can I define custom variant with name that contains dashes?
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> variant ubasan-undefined
>>     : release
>>     : ...
>>     ;
>>
>> In the docs [1], there is naming rule for main target only:
>>
>>     A main target name may contain alphanumeric characters, dashes
>> (‘-’), and underscores (‘_’).
>>
>
> It's here:
> https://boostorg.github.io/build/manual/develop/index.html#bbv2.reference.features
>
> "Feature values for non-free features may not contain the ‘<’,
> ‘:’, or ‘=’ characters"

I shall not feel silly I couldn't find it ;)

> But this is incorrect because '-' is reserved for separating subfeatures.

Thank you!

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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