[boost] Re: [1.32 Release] Draft tarballs are available

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-01 15:08:26

Tarjei Knapstad <tarjei.knapstad_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 13:33, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
>> Tarjei Knapstad writes:
>> > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 18:27, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
>> > > Draft zip/tarballs for the 1.32 release are available from the
>> > > following locations:
>> > > 
>> > >     http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost/boost_1_32_0.tar.bz2
>> > >     http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost/boost_1_32_0.tar.gz
>> > >     http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost/boost_1_32_0.zip
>> > > 
>> > > These are NOT the tarballs that will be released; rather, they are
>> > > the first probe aiming to uncover whatever problems we are still
>> > > unaware of (including problems with archives preparation)
>> > 
>> > <snip>
>> > 
>> > The first two archives does not give write permissions to the user (for
>> > the unarchived files). 
>> 
>> That's intentional. After all, normally you shouldn't be modifying anything
>> in the distribution. Or should you?
>> 
>
> Maybe not for the files, but the directories definitely need +w,
> otherwise I can't write to them. (In other words, I can't even build now
> without changing the permissions of at least the directories because jam
> can't write to/create the build directories).

The preferred method is to set the build directory outside the boost
tree with --builddir=XXXXX.  You're supposed to be able to build
boost from readonly media.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com