Re: configuration problems

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-03-15 13:59:11

--- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> From: <williamkempf_at_h...>
> 
> > BTW, even if we allowed this and required Win32 uers to grab the
> > Cygwin tools, you'd still be leaving Mac users, BeOS users, Amiga
> > users, etc. out.  A solution here must truly be portable and 
require
> > no tools or libraries that are either not supplied by the OS "out 
of
> > the box" or that are not included in Boost itself.  I know that 
this
> > frustrates Unix users who are used to using certain tools
> > for "portability", but for those of us not on Unix this is a very
> > good thing.
> 
> I'm not on Unix, but what exactly is a "good thing"? _Not_ 
supplying a
> configure script that will auto-generate boost/config.hpp? What do 
we (the
> non-Unix users) gain from this?

Nothing, but you also lose little.  In general boost/config.hpp is 
going to be hand tailored for your environment through other means, 
as has to be done for non-Unix platforms.

Bill Kempf