Re: [boost] RC_1_30_0 filesystem broken

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-16 21:23:18

At 08:17 PM 3/16/2003, Victor A. Wagner, Jr. wrote:

 >Agreed, something is amiss.  I've read the docs several times and all 
they
 >seem to say is "everything is in the template includes".
 >
 >"Filesystem Library components are supplied by several headers, all in
 >directory boost/filesystem:"
 >
 >my #includes aren't failing, or doesn't the above say what it appears to
 >(i.e. there are NO installation requirements for using filesystem, just
 >point at the correct includes)
 >
 >it APPEARS that some library is needed.  What this library is, I do NOT
 >know.  I can find no reference to any such in the documents, and I note, 
in
 >passing, that bjam from the root of boost will build no such libraries.

Ah! The boost-root/Jamfile is missing the filesystem entry. That isn't 
showing up in regression testing, because the regression tests don't use 
the boost-root/Jamfile.

Fixed in CVS.

 >So it's likely not the filesystem CODE that is broken, perhaps it is only 

 >the documents.

Yes, that's a problem, too. Fixed in CVS.

Thanks,

--Beman