Re: [boost] How to specify Boost headers location properly

Subject: Re: [boost] How to specify Boost headers location properly
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-10 19:21:18

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Daniel James wrote:
>> On 10 March 2010 22:01, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Ideally, each sandbox library would contain some logic to detect if
>>> project
>>> named 'boost' exists, and if not so, to emit clear instructions what to
>>> do. I can create a 'template' library in sandbox having such code, if
>>> that helps.
>>
>> If you could fix up the example I created, that would be great. It's at:
>>
>> https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/example
>>
>> I used João Abecasis' script to find boost, but you might be able to
>> do something better?
> 
> The question is whether we should? Putting
> 
>     use-project /boost : some-path ;
> 
> in user-config.jam is one-time effort, and is probably more reliable
> than environment variables anyway.

By the way, what is it possible for user to specify this setting in
site-config.jam, so it's easier to have various projects
configured to use various versions of Boost installed in user's system?

Best regards,
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