1 files changed, 72 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/BuildInfo.cpp b/toolsrc/src/BuildInfo.cpp
index dc8d90e2e..2e74eefc3 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@
 
 namespace vcpkg
 {
+    std::string BuildType::toString() const
+    {
+        return Strings::format("[%s,%s]", to_string(config), to_string(linkage));
+    }
+
+    bool operator==(const BuildType& lhs, const BuildType& rhs)
+    {
+        return lhs.config == rhs.config && lhs.linkage == rhs.linkage;
+    }
+
+    bool operator!=(const BuildType& lhs, const BuildType& rhs)
+    {
+        return !(lhs == rhs);
+    }
+
     //
     namespace BuildInfoRequiredField
     {
@@ -20,6 +35,11 @@ namespace vcpkg
         return build_info;
     }
 
+    const BuildType BuildType::DEBUG_STATIC = BuildType(ConfigurationType::DEBUG, LinkageType::STATIC);
+    const BuildType BuildType::DEBUG_DYNAMIC = BuildType(ConfigurationType::DEBUG, LinkageType::DYNAMIC);
+    const BuildType BuildType::RELEASE_STATIC = BuildType(ConfigurationType::RELEASE, LinkageType::STATIC);
+    const BuildType BuildType::RELEASE_DYNAMIC = BuildType(ConfigurationType::RELEASE, LinkageType::DYNAMIC);
+
     LinkageType linkage_type_value_of(const std::string& as_string)
 
     {
@@ -36,6 +56,58 @@ namespace vcpkg
         return LinkageType::UNKNOWN;
     }
 
+    std::string to_string(const LinkageType& build_info)
+    {
+        switch (build_info)
+        {
+            case LinkageType::STATIC:
+                return "static";
+            case LinkageType::DYNAMIC:
+                return "dynamic";
+            default:
+                Checks::unreachable();
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::string to_string(const ConfigurationType& conf)
+
+    {
+        switch (conf)
+        {
+            case ConfigurationType::DEBUG:
+                return "Debug";
+            case ConfigurationType::RELEASE:
+                return "Release";
+            default:
+                Checks::unreachable();
+        }
+    }
+
+    BuildType BuildType::value_of(const ConfigurationType& config, const LinkageType& linkage)
+    {
+        if (config == ConfigurationType::DEBUG && linkage == LinkageType::STATIC)
+        {
+            return DEBUG_STATIC;
+        }
+
+        if (config == ConfigurationType::DEBUG && linkage == LinkageType::DYNAMIC)
+        {
+            return DEBUG_DYNAMIC;
+        }
+
+        if (config == ConfigurationType::RELEASE && linkage == LinkageType::STATIC)
+        {
+            return RELEASE_STATIC;
+        }
+
+        if (config == ConfigurationType::RELEASE && linkage == LinkageType::DYNAMIC)
+        {
+            return RELEASE_DYNAMIC;
+        }
+
+        Checks::unreachable();
+    }
+
     BuildInfo read_build_info(const fs::path& filepath)
     {
         const std::vector<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>> pghs = Paragraphs::get_paragraphs(filepath);