Re: [boost] Boost Modularization: did we get it right?

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Modularization: did we get it right?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-09 09:29:19

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Oliver Kowalke <oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> >> I'm annoyed that I get some additonal burden to re-write this stuff for
>> >> the new build env again because the old one will not work with the
>> >> modularized boost.
>> >
>> > Once you have run the script, the usual Boost.Build system will work
>> just
>> > fine.
>>
>> And I've just done that and it did work and the test did pass.
>> Windows 7 with VC++ 10.0.
>>
>
> And why not provide a wrapper that let the other developers use the old build env with modularized boost?

We do. That's what I used for testing. See forward_headers.cmake in
the modularized root. Invoke it via "cmake -P forward_headers.cmake"
The dependency on cmake will be eliminated eventually, but its fine
for testing.

--Beman