[boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-26 09:07:51

Jonathan Wakely <cow_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Attached patch implements the idea I proposed below, in case it's
> wanted.

Now that I look at it, I guess its effectiveness will be vastly
reduced if we don't implement naming consistency for vc6 and 7, right?

> Index: more/getting_started.html
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/more/getting_started.html,v
> retrieving revision 1.25
> diff -u -p -b -B -r1.25 getting_started.html
> --- more/getting_started.html	6 May 2005 13:17:37 -0000	1.25
> +++ more/getting_started.html	26 May 2005 13:36:59 -0000
> @@ -387,13 +387,13 @@
>           <tr vAlign="top" align="left">
>              <td vAlign="top" align="center" width="40" bgColor="#ffff66"><font size="6"><b><a id="step5" name="step5"></a>5</b></font></td>
>              <td>Invoke the build system, specifying the toolset(s) you 
> -               wish to use, to build and install. For example for GNU/GCC. <blockquote>
> -                  <p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=gcc" install</code></p>
> +               wish to use, to build and install. For example for VC++ 7.1: <blockquote>
> +                  <p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" install</code></p>
>                 </blockquote>
>                 <p>Or if you are interested only in the built libraries you can have them built 
>                    and collected to a common directory without installation.</p>
>                 <blockquote>
> -                  <p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=gcc" stage</code></p>
> +                  <p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" stage</code></p>
>                 </blockquote>
>              </td>
>           </tr>
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