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Subject: Re: [boost] Directory structure not quite right yet?
From: Asbjørn (lordcrc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-02 02:36:41


On 02.01.2015 06:35, Peter Dimov wrote:
> Redownloading the whole package seems a but redundant, doesn't it? Would it not
> make sense to leave it all in c:\boost-1.57.0 and just build things there as
> needed? Am I really the only one who does that?

FWIW, as a library user, that's what I've done all along.

Download, unpack, build --with-something, add somewhere\boost\ to include dirs
and \somewhere\boost\stage\lib to lib dirs. Never used "install" or "headers"
option.

- Asbjørn


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