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Subject: Re: [boost] What does "install dist-lib" in the inspect Jamfile do?
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-29 10:47:24


On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I'm looking at Boost.Inspect's Jamfile as an example of how installation
> is done, and it has:
>
> install dist-bin
> :
> inspect
> :
> <install-type>EXE
> <location>../../../dist/bin
> :
> release
> ;
>
> install dist-lib
> :
> inspect
> :
> <install-type>LIB
> <location>../../../dist/lib
> :
> release
> ;
>
> The first one I get; it copies inspect.exe to dist/bin. But what does the
> second one do?
>

I suspect it does nothing. And that it was just copy/pasted/edited from the
common install method (of installing EXEs and DLLs).

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