Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-25 12:05:58

From: "Ross Smith" <r-smith_at_[hidden]>
> But boost in general is the problem, not any one specific library. The
> fundamental problem is the lack of an easy way for non-developers to
> install the whole thing.
> 
> Approaching this on a piece-by-piece basis is a waste of time because
> (1) the individual sub-libraries have too many dependencies on each
> other, and (2) developing the same facilities over and over again for
> each part, instead of just once for the whole thing, would be silly.

This must be one of those days. Why is

make install

better than

cp -r boost /usr/include

?