Re: linux build and version symlinks question

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-15 18:26:56

> Aleksei Nikiforov wrote:
>
> > Besides just removing those symlinks after installation, what's the 
> > proper way for disabling creating these additional symlinks when 
> > building/installing boost using b2?
>
> I tried `b2 install install-no-version-symlinks=on`, but it had no effect. 
> So I guess the answer is "none". I suppose the right thing to do is to 
> reverse the change and reinstate the original behavior to not install 
> these symlinks on `b2 install`. I'm not quite sure about `b2 stage`, but 
> it should probably be consistent with `b2 install`, because many packaging 
> scripts use `stage` instead of `install` for some reason.

See https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/issues/43 and 
https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/commit/ea28ed441fb04f2c5839e99e37f4c173fcfd48ec. 
If you see something wrong with these changes please let me know.