Re: Boost/CMake

From: Boris Kolpackov (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-05-23 13:50:37

Дмитрий Архипов via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> The long answer follows.

Thanks, interesting.

> As b2 is not a package manager, it doesn't have a special
> understanding of build and target platforms.

Hm, I don't see why this understanding can only be achieved in
the package manager. It is true that the specification of
dependencies between packages is where traditionally the built-
time vs run-time distinction is made. But this knowledge is
only necessary to automatically sort the packages into correct
configurations. Provided that things are manually configured to
build for host/target, nothing should prevent a build system
from handling the rest. At least that's how it works in build2
(where the package manager sits on top of the build system rather
than them being fused together).