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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Fwd: b2 install not copying all headers
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-11 13:59:01


AMDG

On 03/10/2017 05:14 PM, Philip Fackler via Boost-build wrote:
> I run:
> ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=./install
> --with-libraries=system,filesystem,program_options
> and then:
> ./b2 install
>
> I get the following under ./install/include/boost:
> config
> detail
> filesystem
> program_options
> system
> cerrno.hpp
> config.hpp
> cstdint.hpp
> limits.hpp
> version.hpp
>
> Under the top directories there I get all the sub-headers for each library.
> But I don't get the main ones (the ones you actually include in a dependent
> program):
> system.hpp
> filesystem.hpp
> program_options.hpp
>
> What am I doing wrong here?
>

Try running './b2 headers' before installing.
(This is definitely a bug. I've been working
on a fix, but it's been low priority because
it only affects git, not the actual releases.)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe


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