Re: [boost] Re: Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: Jonathan Wakely (cow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-26 07:46:15

On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 02:21:03PM +0200, Hendrik Schober wrote:

> Jonathan Wakely <cow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 01:08:10PM +0200, Hendrik Schober wrote:
> >
> > > David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Where did you get the idea you needed to pass "vc"?  This is not a
> > > > criticism; we need to know how you were led into this so we can figure
> > > > out how to fix it.
> > >
> > >   I'm still unable to understand the sentence
> > >    "Invoke the build system, specifying the toolset(s)
> > >     you wish to use, to build and install." (step #5)
> > >   in any other way. The examples below used "gcc", I
> > >   figured I should replace this by "vc", which was to
> > >   be found in the table right above this (step #3).
> >
> > No it isn't!  You _still_ haven't bothered to read that table!
> 
>   1. Why should I? I'm the novice's advocate here. :)

Fair point  :-)

>   2. I did read it.
> 
> > It's really not hard.  You're told to pick a toolset to use with the
> > -sTOOLS option and the table says "TOOLS name" in the column heading.
> 
>   That's why I (eventually) picked the entry
>   under "TOOLS name" and used it together with
>   the "-sTOOLS" option.
>   <surprised> Was that wrong, too? Or did you
>   misread my mail(s)?

I read this:

> >   figured I should replace this by "vc", which was to
> >   be found in the table right above this (step #3).

to mean you used "vc", which isn't in the table.

Maybe you mis-typed it, in which case I apologise for the rant.

jon

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