Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-21 12:28:02

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From: "Karl Nelson" <kenelson_at_[hidden]>
> I would recommend the if you are planning to continue to use jam,
> make an autoconf script which builds jam and sets it loose to build
> boost so that us poor unix guys don't have to ponder a boot strap
> procedure when all we want is to hit  "configure; make; make install"

Sheesh, on Unix, building Jam is generally as simple as "make".
On some unices where yacc doesn't work or is missing, you might need "make
YACC=".
I've never had to do more than that on any Unix.

However, I'd be happy if someone would make the autoconf script.

-Dave