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options with * are not applied to the root package

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Example: I want to install some modular Boost package which requires other Boost packages. I want all of them to be shared. The intuitive command would be conan install Boost.Test/1.65.1@user/testing -o Boost.*:shared=True But that installs only the requirements shared, the main package (Boost.Test) is static. To avoid that, I need to do conan install Boost.Test/1.65.1@user/testing -o Boost.*:shared=True -o shared=True Is that the intended behaviour? If so, I would at least add a warning in the docs.

Conan 1.0.3, Windows

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uilianriescommented, Jan 27, 2018

Before to read your comment I collected some new information.

Running boost_level8group/1.66.0@bincrafters/testing on lasote/conangcc6

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=False -s build_type=Debug -s arch=x86_64
self.options.values.sha: dec258f52d7fbdc727ec855c4f01c6ea1fbebd96
self.settings.values.sha: a8d08f4bdb8a8acb1c6d222aec1e0a22832c7fcc
package_id: 58e66c5755b9eb1f3b6e68b70ed92e6ac5c1684a

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=False -s build_type=Debug -s arch=x86
self.options.values.sha: dec258f52d7fbdc727ec855c4f01c6ea1fbebd96
self.settings.values.sha: f15349e9dcb23b1fb9ff0194a644656b09dec080
package_id: bf58d220ad869d99debf26b4229194054ba7a256

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=True -s build_type=Debug -s arch=x86
self.options.values.sha: 014a8596924f47db5825e2b38c39f4fc2daa5622
self.settings.values.sha: f15349e9dcb23b1fb9ff0194a644656b09dec080
package_id: bf58d220ad869d99debf26b4229194054ba7a256

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=True -s build_type=Debug -s arch=x86_64
self.options.values.sha: 014a8596924f47db5825e2b38c39f4fc2daa5622
self.settings.values.sha: a8d08f4bdb8a8acb1c6d222aec1e0a22832c7fcc
package_id: 58e66c5755b9eb1f3b6e68b70ed92e6ac5c1684a

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=True -s build_type=Release -s arch=x86_64
self.options.values.sha: 014a8596924f47db5825e2b38c39f4fc2daa5622
self.settings.values.sha: fedb4c9d2e5b701bca67c2028747f524852d272b
package_id: dc6456f4704958f26592d9cfc6fa47e91447bd41

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=True -s build_type=Release -s arch=x86
self.options.values.sha: 014a8596924f47db5825e2b38c39f4fc2daa5622
self.settings.values.sha: 16d0f8c0499a6f4337674481cad90a9a7a6d5835
package_id: 9f4335386f678dc053976aeaed83b4a6e4bf4b5e

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=False -s build_type=Release -s arch=x86
self.options.values.sha: dec258f52d7fbdc727ec855c4f01c6ea1fbebd96
self.settings.values.sha: 16d0f8c0499a6f4337674481cad90a9a7a6d5835
package_id: 9f4335386f678dc053976aeaed83b4a6e4bf4b5e

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=False -s build_type=Release -s arch=x86_64
self.options.values.sha: dec258f52d7fbdc727ec855c4f01c6ea1fbebd96
self.settings.values.sha: fedb4c9d2e5b701bca67c2028747f524852d272b
package_id: dc6456f4704958f26592d9cfc6fa47e91447bd41

package_id was collected by self.info.package_id() self.options.values.sha was collected by self.options.values.shaself.settings.values.sha was collected byself.settings.values.sha`

Now I chose two results to compare:

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=False -s build_type=Debug -s arch=x86_64
self.options.values.sha: dec258f52d7fbdc727ec855c4f01c6ea1fbebd96
self.settings.values.sha: a8d08f4bdb8a8acb1c6d222aec1e0a22832c7fcc
package_id: 58e66c5755b9eb1f3b6e68b70ed92e6ac5c1684a

conan create . bincrafters/testing -o boost_*:shared=True -s build_type=Debug -s arch=x86_64
self.options.values.sha: 014a8596924f47db5825e2b38c39f4fc2daa5622
self.settings.values.sha: a8d08f4bdb8a8acb1c6d222aec1e0a22832c7fcc
package_id: 58e66c5755b9eb1f3b6e68b70ed92e6ac5c1684a

Both uses the same settings, but the options are not the same. The package id is the same for both two. Looks like when options contains * the package id skip it on append.

I used the latest Conan version (1.0.3)

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solvingjcommented, Jan 28, 2018

FYI, we’ve worked around it. Our shared code for building the boost packages with conan-package-tools now passes both shared options when building. Whenever it gets patched in conan, great… but it’s not blocking us at the moment.