Re: Installing Boost (WAS: Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?)

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-28 12:16:27

On Thursday 28 February 2002 12:06 pm, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rene Rivera" <grafik666_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: Installing Boost (WAS: Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?)
>
> > $prefix/include/boost/1.27.0/boost/.../*.hpp
> > $prefix/lib/boost/1.27.0/*.(a,so)
> > $prefix/share/boost/1.27.0/tools/build/*.jam
>
> That seems unnecessarily complex.  My preference is this:
>
> $prefix/boost_1_27_0/boost/.../*.hpp for headers
> $prefix/boost_1_27_0/lib for compiled libraries
> $prefix/boost_1_27_0/tools/build/*.jam for jam files
>
> In my case $prefix is 'c:\lib'.

That makes sense for Windows, but probably not as much sense for *nix, where 
we expect to have headers in $prefix/include, libraries in $prefix/lib, and 
extra data in $prefix/share. Should there be a restriction that all platforms 
have the same installation directory structure?

        Doug