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Subject: Re: [boost] RE Building 'stage' by default
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-22 06:41:28


frederic.bron_at_[hidden] wrote:

> Why do some people use stage target and not install? Don't they need the headers? Do they use the
> source directory directly?

Yes. For example, if you're working off SVN HEAD, you don't need to copy headers
somewhere else, whereas putting all binaries in a single directory is
still convenient. And 'install' won't work out of the box, anyway, since it tries to
install into /usr/local, and regular users can't do that.

- Volodya


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