[boost] Re: [gauging interest] Windows GUI - semi-installer

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-26 14:44:56

"Pablo Aguilar" <pablo.aguilar_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Yesterday, when I decided to start this, I went and downloaded John Torjo's 
> Win32GUI library (www.torjo.com), and noticed that the build utility 
> packaged with it, is very similar to what I originally had in mind.
>
> Like I said, I didn't conceive it as an installer, but rather as a tool to 
> build and setup directories, all this while assuming the user would be 
> willing to download and extract boost on his own.

Sounds helpful.

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:uoeay3md4.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> "Pablo Aguilar" <pablo.aguilar_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
> [snip]
>>
>>> Don't know about configurations, though, maybe some simple
>>> parsing of the jamfiles would do..
>>
>> Don't try to parse Jamfiles.  It will be fragile at best and a
>> disaster at worst.  Think of Jamfile contents like C++ source code;
>> you want a real C++ compiler in order to process that and make any
>> sense of it.  For Jamfiles you want to do any understanding within
>> Boost.Build.
>
> Ok, I won't argue, as not parsing them would make my life a whole
> lot easier. I do suggest you take a look at John Torjo's utility
> though, if I got it correctly, it doesn't parse the .jam files but
> rather just adds the requested threading/linkage/debug options to
> the bjam command line.

Okay, I can look at it (again; saw it some time ago), but to what end?
Is there some way I can help you once I've seen it?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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