Re: [boost] Re: feature wish for boost 1.32.1 or 1.33.0: pkg-config support

From: Marcelo E. Magallon (mmagallo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-26 22:31:31

On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 10:42:13AM -0500, David Abrahams wrote:

 > The only real problem now is that there are a plethora of different
 > build / configuration systems out there.  Should BBv2 try to cater to
 > each one?  We could generate pkg-config files in addition to
 > Jamfiles, oh and we could generate Makefiles and autoconf files and
 > Visual Studio Projects and Metrowerks projects and...

 I do get your point ...

 ... but I think it's necessary to say that autoconf has support for
 pkg-config and Makefile support for pkg-config is trivial.  So in the
 particular case of Unix and Unix-like builds (not using BBv2)
 pkg-config support is enough is enough to address its needs.

 Marcelo