Re: [boost] [1.39.0] Confusing directions in bootstrap.sh

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.39.0] Confusing directions in bootstrap.sh
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-05 01:10:36

Jeffrey Bosboom wrote:

> I used the --libdir= and --includedir= options when invoking bootstrap.sh.
>  When bootstrap.sh finishes, it says to run './bjam', but when I did so,
> it didn't use the libdir and includedir I specified.  Only when I ran
> './bjam install' did it do what I expected.  I think bootstrap.sh should
> be changed to indicate that the 'install' argument is necessary.

It is not necessary -- however libdir and includedir only affect 'install'
target. The default target is 'stage' which puts libraries in stage/lib
and not system location, and therefore does not need libdir or includedir.

- Volodya