Re: [jamboost] Boost Release Candidate Branch

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-11 08:39:35

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toon Knapen" <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]>

> would'nt it be easier to just provide the jam executable and specify in
the
> doc that you need to rename or link it to bjam if one wants v2 behaviour.
> It's kinda overkill to put two identical execs on the web.

The Unix distro just makes a link. At best we should provide only "bjam".

> Is there any noticeable difference from the user point of view btw ?

Yes, no need to specify -sBOOST_ROOT=...

Hmm, maybe we should remove the special hacks which
accomodate -sBOOST_ROOT=... to invoke v1 behavior from the command-line,
and just distribute "bjam".

-Dave