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From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-07 19:32:41


From: "Greg Comeau" <comeau_at_[hidden]>

> * Once I can bjam, and reproduce the compiler status page for como under
> at least Windows and LINUX, I expect to add to como (for Windows
initially)
> support for a COMO_BOOST_BASE environment variable, which effectively
> will add a -I positionally after libcomo includes, and anything else
> necessary. That way, boost'ing with como can be automatic.
> Like COMO_LIB_BASE, it won't be required. If not set, it will see
> if there is a directory named 'boost' in the top level Comeau directory
> tree and implicitly add it. If this works out, I will have a
> similar capability worked into Comeau C++ for other platforms.

I'm not sure this one is such a great idea. It would be much better to
provide generalized non-boost-specific support for build systems to add
include paths in the right places, IMO.

-Dave


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