Re: [boost] Incredibly dumb question!

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-27 20:44:05

Prabhu,

Until recently, boost was entirely made up of template definitions in header
files. A few libraries (e.g. regex) now have source files and usually
makefiles for these can be found in the appropriate subdirectory of
boost/libs. Py_cpp doesn't require any of the boost libraries which have
source files, so you shouldn't need to worry about source files for any
libraries other than py_cpp itself. Boost is currently in transition and
looking for a way to address the "how do I build it" question better.

-Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Prabhu Ramachandran" <prabhu_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:07 PM
Subject: [boost] Incredibly dumb question!

> hi,
>
> Please excuse the total newbie question. I wanted to try to
> convert some c++ libraries to python and wanted to use py_cpp and
> hence wanted to "install" boost under linux.  I downloaded
> boost_all.zip which unzips into a directory called boost_1_18_1.  Now,
> there are no makefiles or anything like that.  So, am I correct to
> assume that boost does not require one to build a library of any kind
> and all that is needed is the source tree??  This is the first time I
> am seeing something of this kind.  Usually there is some kind of
> library that goes with a development package.  I can see that all the
> headers (*.hpp) are in the boost directory.  Is this stuff sufficient
> and "standalone"?  Or am I missing something??
>
> thanks,
> prabhu
>
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