Re: [boost] Library names in system layout on linux

Subject: Re: [boost] Library names in system layout on linux
From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-10 04:21:59

Scott McMurray wrote:
> What if there were a way
> to specify what you want, and for some program to find whatever
> matches best?

pkg-config++ ?

The practical issue with that is that after introducing such a program 
I'd have to wait for N years until it was available in all deployed versions.

I do like the pkg-config approach, though it does not work as well for 
cross-compilation as the alternatives.

Phil.