Re: [boost] Getting started build section

Subject: Re: [boost] Getting started build section
From: raindog_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-11-11 03:30:22

That would be great if build told you where it placed filed :)


------Original Message------
From: David Abrahams
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To: boost_at_[hidden]
ReplyTo: boost_at_[hidden]
Sent: Nov 10, 2008 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Getting started build section


on Thu Nov 06 2008, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Okay, point taken.  If there's going to be a default at all, I suppose
Boost.Build should end by printing a message telling you where they've
been installed... and probably begin by printing a message telling you
where they *will* be instlaled.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com

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