Re: [Boost-build] naive usage of bootstrap.sh

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] naive usage of bootstrap.sh
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-10-24 11:06:35

On 24-Oct-16 5:27 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:
> Oh and just to keep me on my toes, I've discovered that
>
> a) It builds a bjam executable and leaves it in the boost root
> b) it changes the project-config so that If switch back to my other
> build that won't work. And no mention of that fact anywhere.  This is
> unbelievable.

Yet, this is exactly what both autotools and CMake do, no? If you run
these guys with some particular options, then your build tree will
remember some of the options, and results of configuration checks,
and possibly overwriting anything you had configured before.

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Vladimir Prus
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