RE: [jamboost] Common Lib Subdir

From: Administrator (administrator_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-18 19:32:46

Rene,

Honestly, I don't see the need. We only really need the install location
for the install step. Is there any code that is location-dependent? Do we
even have libs that require knowing the location of installation at build
time? 

Dale 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rene Rivera [mailto:grafik666_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 5:26 PM
> To: jamboost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: RE: [jamboost] Common Lib Subdir
> 
> 
> [2003-08-18] Administrator wrote:
> 
> >I feel a bit sheepish...here are the patches that I have.
> 
> No worries, missing the attachment is a frequent occurance 
> for all of us ;-)
> 
> >> <much_much_later>
> >> 
> >> Okay, so I've actually tried out the install process. So 
> >> far, everything is
> >> working out except for the fact that I would rather have the 
> >> install step be
> >> separated out. A minor quibble in the grand scheme of 
> >> things, I think. For
> >> the most part, though, it's working like I expect it to be.
> 
> OK, that's good to hear :-)
> 
> I think the suggestion to separate the build from the install 
> is a good one.
> At minimum it will give users a chance abandon the install if 
> there are
> problems. And it would certainly help in testing to only do 
> the build step.
> 
> The only problem I see is that the easy way to separate the 
> two would make
> the user repeat the arguments from the build step on the 
> install step. For
> example:
> 
> $ bjam -sTOOLS=gcc-3.2.3 --prefix=/opt
> $ bjam -sTOOLS=gcc-3.2.3 --prefix=/opt install
> 
> Any thoughts on wether that's acceptable?
> 
> It would be possible to remove the extra args, but it would 
> require a bit
> more work and the use of a file to store the args. Which is something
> probably easier done in BBv2.
> 
> 
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