[Boost-build] Building only libboost_mpi

Subject: [Boost-build] Building only libboost_mpi
From: Philipp Thomas (pth_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-18 13:18:12

I'm not sure if this is a topic for this list, but I'll ask anyway. With the
help of Vladimir I am building boost rpm packages for openSUSE and SLES with
a sane versioning/naming and with compiler flags as needed for the
distribution. Now I was asked to see if there is a way to build libboost_mpi
from a different rpm spec file, i.e. build all boost packages except
libboost_mpi from one spec and *only* libboost_mpi from a different spec.
The reason is to remove the dependency on openmpi at this low level in the
application stack.

It's easy to build boost without openmpi, but is it possible to only build
libboost_mpi and install it along with its documentation?

Philipp