Re: linux build and version symlinks question

From: Aleksei Nikiforov (darktemplar_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-16 07:35:07

15.06.2020 21:26, Peter Dimov via Boost пишет:
>> 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.
> 

It works as expected. Thank you.