Re: [boost] big problem with dependency changes

Subject: Re: [boost] big problem with dependency changes
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-20 02:55:23

On 06/19/2014 11:06 PM, Thomas Suckow wrote:
>> Or is it only running b2 headers that is the problem?
>
> Maybe I have missed it in the previous conversations, but why have ./b2 headers make the /boost folder at all? When using boost-build, the
> headers target can add all the include paths for the various projects. If working on a project not using boost-build, generally I would
> install boost (at the very least into a folder).

That way, you'd have a command line with 100 -I elements, which is rather inconvenient to look at, or run by hand, and can make Windows
unhappy, I think.

- Volodya