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

From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-01 20:55:20

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From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>; <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Installing Boost (WAS: Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?)

> Now it may be the only way to achieve that for some compilers is
> colocation, but I was assuming that for most compilers there is some
what
> to tell them "always look here for files, as well as looking in the
> compiler's own directories."

I would prefer it if installing Boost did nothing beyond placing some
files in a Boost-specific user-specified directory.  If Boost affects
the environment in other ways, it becomes harder to move/copy/delete.

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