[boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 06:44:03

"Hendrik Schober" <SpamTrap_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> [...]
>> If we skip Boost.Python we *do* need to tell people what they need to
>> set up in order to not get it to be skipped.  Maybe you don't care,
>> but I do.  I was the one fielding all the "Can't build Boost.Python"
>> questions before I had that big message.
>
>
>   And are there less of the "How can I build boost
>   without having Python?" questions? :)

Yes, far less.

>   Seriously, does that have to be told by bjam or
>   would a note in the docs do?

No, a note in the docs proved insufficient, which is why the message
was added.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com