boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/doc/src/fragments.xml

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  <section id="root_option">
    <varlistentry>
      <term><literal>root</literal></term>

      <!-- At present, this option is only used to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH when
      running tests, and matters only if compiler's lib directory is not in
      LD_LIBRARY_PATH. -->

      <listitem><para>Specifies root directory of the compiler installation.
      This option is necessary only if it is not possible to detect this
      information from the compiler command&#x2014;for example if the specified
      compiler command is a user script.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </section>

  <section id="common_options">

    <!-- This most likely needs splitting into common_options,
    common_cxx_options & common_fortran_options or something similar. We also
    need to document the fortran specific fflags option. Possibly related Boost
    Build code should be updated as well so that fortran options may not be
    specified for non-fortran toolsets and C/C++ options may not be specified
    for non-C/C++ ones. -->

    <varlistentry>
      <term><literal>cflags</literal></term>

      <listitem><para>Specifies additional compiler flags that will be used when
      compiling C sources.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><literal>cxxflags</literal></term>

      <listitem><para>Specifies additional compiler flags that will be used when
      compiling C++ sources.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><literal>compileflags</literal></term>

      <listitem><para>Specifies additional compiler flags that will be used when
      compiling both C and C++ sources.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><literal>linkflags</literal></term>

      <listitem><para>Specifies additional command line options that will be
      passed to the linker.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </section>
</chapter>