Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost conversion

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost conversion
From: Julian Gonggrijp (j.gonggrijp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-15 08:11:49

Paul A. Bristow wrote:

>> So you tried to create the symlinks manually...
> 
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/StartModDev
>  says
> "Create a symlink to simulate your library being installed as part of Boost:
> 
>    Windows: mklink /d simple ..\libs\simple\include\boost\simple
>    POSIX: ln -s ../libs/simple/include/boost/simple simple"

I think you were using the right piece of documentation in this case, 
because StartModDev is aimed at people who want to add their own 
library (like trivial) while TryModBoost explains how to install the 
existing libraries. As I said in the other email, I also think the 
above *did* achieve the effect you wanted to achieve.

>> If you followed the documentation, you should have called this instead:
>> 
>> cmake -P forward_headers.cmake
> 
> Huh?  I'm not using cmake am I?  I'm using bjam/b2 aren't I?

Yes, mostly b2, but Daniel is right that the documentation in 
TryModBoost *does* contain an invocation of cmake (which provides 
symlinks for all existing boost libraries). This has been pointed out 
before in [1]. You didn't actually need to run that command just in 
order to get trivial working, though.

I hope everything is clear now!

-Julian

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[1] http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2012/12/199134.php