Re: [boost] [1.40.0] Release candidates available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.40.0] Release candidates available
From: Neal Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-26 13:43:27

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Neal Becker wrote:
> 
>>> Presumably simply using:
>>> 
>>> bjam -sHAVE_ICU=1
>>> 
>>> ie *without* setting ICU_PATH should just do the right thing without the
>>> warnings?
>>> 
>>> ICU_PATH is there for situations where the ICU library is not already in
>>> the compiler's search paths (ie on Windows), and that shouldn't be the
>>> case on Linux.
>>> 
>>> HTH John.
>>> 
>> Yes, looks like -sHAVE_ICU=1 works (is this documented?)
> 
> It's easy to check in the official docs:
> 
>         
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/install.html
> 
> - Volodya

I must respectfully disagree.  It's not easy at all.  A new user would 
probably start with:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/more/getting_started/index.html

>From there quickly jump to:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html

while skimming through, trying not to become frustrated with the bewildering 
wealth of information there, thinking "what is the damn command that is 
equivalent to just make?", I don't think he would ever know to look at  
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/install.html.  
It certainly didn't occur to me.