Re: [BBv2 docs editorial] Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 11:57:17

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> On Wednesday 21 September 2005 05:17, Andrey Melnikov wrote:
>>> See http://tinyurl.com/aaf5e . I implemented all the changes suggested
>>> by you and me.
>>
>> Looks fine for me. Except that we don't have prebuilt Solaris binary, as far 
>> as I can tell.
>>
>> Is this version fine with everybody?
>
> No, phrasing like this is going to make people think we're sadists:
>
> If your platform isn't in the list, or if you downloaded the
> latest Boost beta sources from CVS instead of an official Boost
> release, installation guide describes how to compile bjam from
> sources located in tools/build/jam_src or jam_src by running
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> build.bat or build.sh.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm sorry; that probably sounded harsh. It wasn't intended to be.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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