Re: [jamboost] newbie has problems with JAMBASE / BOOST_ROOT / BOOST_BUILD_PATH

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-08 09:09:46

Peter Steiner wrote:

> > In fact, BOOST_ROOT is going to disappear. User is now able to specify
> > the location of build system by either
> > - creating at project root a file called "boost-build.jam" with the
> > content
> >
> > boost-build <path_to_build_system> ;
>
> That is exactly what I was missing. I have now succeeded in building a
> small hello-world program with bjam and without any environment
> variables:
> [snip]
> 

Great, seems like the new initialization behaviour turns out to be indeed 
convenient for users :-) 
(I used to be against it in the start but changed my opinion long ago)

> Thanks!

You're welcome.

- Volodya