Re: [boost] boost RPM

From: Dan Nuffer (dnuffer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-02-16 17:37:11

Jens Maurer wrote:
> I'd like to add the boost.spec file to the CVS as a first step towards
> a build system, if it's sufficiently generic.
>

Sounds good.  I'll send it to you once I get a semi-final version.
 
> 
> I believe the library names should rather be   libboost_pycpp.so
> and   libboost_regex++.so.  We've been rather stringent with putting
> everything in a namespace.
> 

I agree.  Dave, John, could you fix the makefiles to create the
appropriate library names?
For now I'll simply rename them.

> You may want to add compile libs/random/random_device.cpp, which is a
> boost random number library front-end for /dev/urandom.  Particularly
> helpful on Linux.
> 

Unfortunately this doesn't compile because of gcc's lack of a <limits>
header.  :-(
Do you know a workaround?  Maybe I could throw a limits into the boost/
directory?

--Dan Nuffer