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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-14 02:26:41


On Friday 11 February 2005 19:15, Pedro Ferreira wrote:

> >I think it's best to allow both approaches:
> >
> > # Tries to find Boost.Python form BOOST_BUILD_PATH
> > using python : 2.3 ;
> >
> > # Explicit 'using bpl' specifies the location of Boost.Python
> > using python : 2.3 ;
> > using bpl : /home/ghost/Work/boost/libs/python ;
> >
> >Comments?
>
> If it's not too difficult, allowing the explicit specification is always
> better.
> E.g., here we use a Boost.Build distribution that is separate from boost
> itself, so this would require one to specify the location of the BPL
> independently of BOOST_BUILD_PATH.

This is the use case I had in mind!

- Volodya

 


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