Re: [jamboost] Re: Boost support: --help in top-level dir; installting libs

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-17 01:42:42

On Thursday 16 June 2005 19:10, David Abrahams wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > On Thursday 16 June 2005 17:30, David Abrahams wrote:
> >> > "install" moves specified targets to a specified location, and does
> >> > not care about --prefix options, and about anything user specifies on
> >> > the command line.
> >> >
> >> > The "boost-install" rule will allow user to invoke "bjam install" and
> >> > "bjam stage" with exactly the same arguments that are allowed at
> >> > top-level, like --prefix, or --layout. With "bjam install" both
> >> > library and headers will be installed.
> >>
> >> I think other projects will want that capability too. My question is
> >> now:
> >>
> >> Do we want two separate rules? Should install always respond to
> >> --prefix= ? Or should it take arguments that tell it to respond to
> >> --prefix?
> >
> > I think we need separate rules, because "install" is for moving several
> > targets to a directory, while those --prefix is much complex beast.
>
> But doesn't everybody want the basic functionality of being able to
> specify a prefix?

I am not sure about it -- the --prefix option only makes sense when installing 
a full blown package -- binaries + libraries + headers + (maybe) icons + 
(maybe) translations + (maybe) some other data.

For simple install, --prefix just makes no sense. 

> >> If we do want two separate rules, we should give the one that responds
> >> to --prefix a more general name, like prefix-install (I dislike that
> >> particular name, though ;->) and make it available everywhere.
> >
> > I thought about "package.install", to emphasise that we're installing not
> > just a bunch of files but a complete packages. And it can generate the
> > pkg-config files that were discusses on Boost ml, and what else is
> > required for specific operating system. Maybe "bundle" on OSX.
>
> That sounds promising.

Ok, that's the next thing I'll address.

- Volodya

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