Configure check guidelines

From: Alexander Grund (alexander.grund_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-09-24 10:58:41

>> On 9/24/20 11:19 AM, Alexander Grund via Boost wrote:
>>> Is there some common practice where to put such configure checks that
>>> are required to build the library?
>> I'm putting configure/build time checks in the config directory at the top level of the library.
>> But I don't think there is an official guideline wrt. this.
> I think there should be.  And not just in JSON metadata.  But it is a big job for some libraries,
> duplicating what is in jamfiles.

Starting a new thread. TLDR: Where should (source)files go that are 
required during the "configure" step of a regular build?

Not sure what is meant by JSON metadata as I don't see how that is 
related. Can you elaborate?