<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 August 2013 04:48, Dave Abrahams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@boostpro.com" target="_blank">dave@boostpro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br> on Thu Aug 22 2013, Bioxydyn Dev <<a href="http://bioxydyn.dev-AT-gmail.com" target="_blank">bioxydyn.dev-AT-gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Hi Steven,<br> ><br> > Thanks for your reply. I have some follow up questions below.<br> ><br> > On 22 August 2013 16:54, Steven Watanabe <<a href="mailto:watanabesj@gmail.com">watanabesj@gmail.com</a>><br> > wrote:<br> ><br> > � � stage is intended for those working out of the source tree.<br> > � � install is intended to create a separate installation,<br> > � � that doesn't depend on the source.<br> ><br> > I'm not sure I understand what the difference is.<br> ><br> > What do you mean by 'working out of the source tree'?�<br> ><br> > As a developer, if you use a boost library that is header only how<br> > would you not be dependent on the source?<br> <br> Yes. �Steven is referring to the source *tree*, i.e. the files of Boost<br> laid out exactly as they come out of SVN. �Usually this comes from an<br> SVN working copy or a tarball. �Install generally creates a copies the<br> headers, built binaries, docs, etc. into standard system locations so<br> that you can write code dependent on Boost without actually having a<br> complete checkout of the Boost source.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So if I want to build boost and develop code that uses the boost libraries I should use stage and not install? Is that correct?</div><div>�</div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <span class=""><font color="#888888"><br> --<br> Dave Abrahams<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Unsubscribe & other changes: <a href="http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-build" target="_blank">http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-build</a><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>