[boost] Re: License and new version

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-10 20:53:14

"John Maddock" <john_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> Oh, nasty.  If your tests use the Boost.Test library your library
>> shows up as dependent on all of its dependencies.  So for example
>> the iterators library is showing up as dependent on all of these,
>> on which it does *not* depend.
>
> Good point, unfortunately there is no definitive list of which
> header-files belong to which library, so using the test files to track
> dependencies is very much second best, and as you say gives misleading
> results, any better ideas appreciated,

Isn't Boost.Test unique in that way?  Maybe just a special case...?
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Dave Abrahams
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