Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-26 11:58:03

From: "braden_mcdaniel" <braden_at_[hidden]>
> Build targets for libraries look basically like this in automake:
>
>   lib_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la
>   libfoo_la_SOURCES = source1.cpp source2.cpp
>
> Changing the list of sources for a library is as simple as changing
> the contents of the SOURCES variable. Installed headers are basically
> the same (though of course they don't get compiled individually):
>
>   include_HEADERS = header1.hpp header2.cpp
>
[...]
> > * How can I (or we, the Boost developers in general) help?
>
> You could learn the autotools. :-) If you don't want to do that, then
> I'd say just keep an autotools build person informed when the
> requirements change for your library's build.

I want to learn autotools, but I don't have the time. Not at present. :-)

In any event, I can edit a SOURCES ot HEADERS list without being an
autotools expert.

I guess that this means we finally managed to kill the thread.