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From: gmu (usrlocalinfo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-29 11:22:01


Daniel James wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>
>>On Sunday 28 November 2004 12:58, Daniel James wrote:
>>
>>>I don't think it currently offers any real advantage
>>>over just using it straight from the source so it might be best to just
>>>remove the package.
>>
>>It would still be move convenient to
>>
>> apt-get install boost-build
>>
>>then doing manual unpacking.
>
>
> Yes certainly, I just meant for the original poster, since he's already
> unpacked it. It will be great if the build instructions for a
> boost-build package will just be: 'apt-get install boost-build && bjam'.
>
> Thanks for doing this, as a Debian user I really appreciate it.
>
> Daniel
>

I agree.

I really love having the debian subdirectory available. It lets me
download bbv2, modify a couple things if desired, build a debian package
and deploy on multiple machines with minimal hassle.

If there was a stable/testing/unstable package for boost-build v2, then
this wouldn't matter as much but for now, it is very much appreciated.

 


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