Re: [Boost-build] Output directories of Boost Build

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Output directories of Boost Build
From: Niklas Angare (li51ckf02_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-19 15:01:37

"Edward Diener" <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Finally I notice a 'dist' sub-directory off of my Boost C++ root where a 
> few tools, boostdep and inspect, have built their executables in 
> './dist/bin'. Is this sub-directory relative to the --build-dir setting ?

Yeah, I find it disturbing that some parts of the build process creates 
files among the source files.

> My goal is to move the Boost git repository to a common partition shared 
> by multiple Windows OSs ( Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 ),

Does it matter if these build related files are shared between the operating 
systems?