Re: [boost] Fwd: [1.34.0] Volunteers needed to check tarballs

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-26 15:26:12

In article <4630E0FB.4090905_at_[hidden]> Jeff Garland
<jeff_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I think searching paths outside the boost tree for a user-config.jam
> without explicit user input and, in particular, choosing it ahead of
> one in that is in the local boost tree is a bug -- it violates the
> principle of least surprise.

FWIW it's not that clear cut to me. You really want to be able to configure
boost build in some central place without having to look for stuff that
might interfere.

Just my 2ct.

Thomas