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authorEgor Tensin <egor@tensin.name>2026-02-02 22:24:37 +0100
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project.boost: finalize transition from `stage` to `install`
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Library naming
--------------
+**TODO: since switching to calling `b2 install` (instead of `b2 stage`), this
+might no longer be relevant, this should be checked on Windows. I.e. does
+Windows still has this insane naming scheme, even when calling `install`
+instead of `stage`?**
+
The way Boost names library files by default is insane. It's absolutely not
compatible between OSs, compilers, Boost versions, etc. On Linux, for example,
it would create stage/lib/libboost_filesystem.a, while on Windows it would