Re: [boost] [boostbook] BOOST_ROOT vs BOOST_BUILD_PATH

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-28 09:29:03

David Abrahams wrote:
> Martin Wille writes:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>the installation script for Boostbook contains:
>>
>>   elif test -r "$BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam"; then
>>     JAM_CONFIG_IN="$BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam";
>>
>>
>>Shouldn't BOOST_BUILD_PATH be checked, too?

The code apparently looks for something that resides somewhere in the 
guts of Boost.Build. Isn't that location specified by BOOST_BUILD_PATH 
if that variable is set?

What happens if you install BBv2 at some place unrelated to BOOST_ROOT?

Regards,
m
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