[Boost-build] Installing new version on top of old version...

Subject: [Boost-build] Installing new version on top of old version...
From: barcaroller (barcaroller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-02 18:22:02

I had a Linux system with Boost v1.33 already installed.  To install Boost
v1.38, I ran the following commands:

    > tar xvfz boost_1_38_0.tar.gz
    > cd boost_1_38_0
    > ./configure --prefix=/usr
    > sudo make install

This caused two problems:

 - In the /usr/lib directory, the v1.33 Boost library names were unchanged
(e.g. libboost_iostreams.a) while the new v1.38 Boost library names had
postfixes (e.g. libboost_iostreams-gcc41-mt-1_38.a)

 - The /usr/include/boost directory remained unchanged and the new
installation used /usr/include/boost-1_38/boost for the new header files

I do not want to modify my makefiles.  How do I build Boost v1.38 so as to
completely replace Boost v1.33 (using the same file names and directories)