Re: [boost] Getting started build section

Subject: Re: [boost] Getting started build section
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-06 12:11:17

AMDG

David Abrahams wrote:
> --stagedir and --build-dir are very similar.  We should probably make the
> same decision about documenting both of them.
>   

How similar are they really?

build-dir primarily controls where all the intermediate files go.
stagedir controls where the libraries get installed to.
I would expect anyone who uses stage to care about where
the libraries end up, even if the default is fine.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe