Re: [boost] Comeau general comments

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