Re: [boost] Git hardlinks, and developing

Subject: Re: [boost] Git hardlinks, and developing
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-04 11:01:43

>> 1) I checked out modular Boost as per
>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost
>> 2) Changed libs/multiprecision to the develop branch also as per
>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost
>> 3) Added some pending changes from the old SVN Trunk that I didn't commit
>> before the changeover.
>> 4) Ran the tests and everything failed, even though it was passing on SVN
>> :-(
>>
>> The issue was that the headers under boost/ were now *copies* of the last
>> release and no longer pointers to the new "develop" code.  Interestingly
>> some of the hard links were updated when I ran bjam, but apparently not 
>> all
>> :-(
>
> On the "non-linked headers" thread there's discussion about using soft
> links instead of hard links, which will hopefully fix this.

I saw that.  However, my Vista machine is apparently reporting that soft 
links are *not* supported :-(

Of course it's about time it was junked in favour of something newer, but 
that's a whole other issue!

John.