Re: [boost] Directory structure not quite right yet?

Subject: Re: [boost] Directory structure not quite right yet?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-02 00:16:34

Bjørn Roald wrote:
> However, "b2 stage" could by default have same effect as "b2 
> install --prefix=.", then you will get exactly what you want I think.

No, this is not what I want. I don't want two copies of the headers, one in 
include/boost/, and one in boost/ (that would be pretty stupid). I don't 
want a symlink include/boost -> boost (somewhat less stupid).

When I go somewhere inside the Boost source tree, and use b2 to build a 
target, and that target has #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>, I want b2 to 
create a link include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp -> 
libs/smart_ptr/include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp, and then to use 
<include>include, rather than creating a link boost/shared_ptr.hpp -> 
libs/smart_ptr/include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp and using <include>. .

Note that this has nothing to do with staging or installing. The "headers" 
target is an implicit dependency. Even if I had a copy of the headers in 
include/boost/, b2 would still recreate them in boost/ each time I build 
something.

I agree that this would not be an issue if b2 used separate include paths 
for each library.