Re: [boost] Re: RFP: boost libraries

From: Noel Yap (yap_noel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-04 12:13:28

--- "Steve M. Robbins" <steven.robbins_at_[hidden]>
wrote:
> I've only ever seen "prefix", never "prefixdir".

You're absolutely right.  I must've been on drugs when
I wrote that.

> > > At install time, $includedir/boost would become
> a
> > > copy of 
> > > boost-1.27.0/boost, the libboost* files would
> end up
> > > in $libdir,
> > > and the HTML hierarchy rooted at
> > > boost-1.27.0/index.htm would
> > > be copied to $htmldir/boost.  
> > 
> > I think only the *.hpp files should be installed. 
> 
> The libs must also be installed.  
>
> You might think that docs are optional and split the
> install
> into "install" and "install-docs" phases, however.

I agree.  I'm not sure what I meant with my post.

> > Also, installation on Unix might want to change
> the
> > suffixes (or at least make it configurable for all
> > platforms).  Everything else sounds great.
> 
> Change the suffixes of what?

Change the suffixes of the header files.

Noel

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