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From: bdawes_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-08-11 09:01:50
Author: bemandawes
Date: 2008-08-11 09:01:49 EDT (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 48084
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/48084
Log:
Add suggestion to visit web site for latest version, update unix-variants to include --build-type=complete example. Windows updates still to come.
Text files modified:
trunk/more/getting_started/index.html | 7 +++++++
trunk/more/getting_started/index.rst | 10 ++++++++++
trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst | 7 +++++++
trunk/more/getting_started/windows.html | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
5 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
Modified: trunk/more/getting_started/index.html
==============================================================================
--- trunk/more/getting_started/index.html (original)
+++ trunk/more/getting_started/index.html 2008-08-11 09:01:49 EDT (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
+<div class="admonition-use-the-latest-version-of-this-getting-started-guide admonition">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Use the latest version of this Getting Started guide</p>
+<p class="last">The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/index.html">Boost website version of this Getting Started guide</a> may
+have undated information, such as the location of additional installers
+or improved installation procedures, so you might want use that version
+if you've got an Internet connection available.</p>
+</div>
<div class="section" id="welcome">
<h1>Welcome</h1>
<p>Welcome to the Boost libraries! By the time you've completed this
Modified: trunk/more/getting_started/index.rst
==============================================================================
--- trunk/more/getting_started/index.rst (original)
+++ trunk/more/getting_started/index.rst 2008-08-11 09:01:49 EDT (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
__ ../../index.htm
+.. Admonition:: Use the latest version of this Getting Started guide
+
+ The `Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`_ may
+ have undated information, such as the location of additional installers
+ or improved installation procedures, so you might want use that version
+ if you've got an Internet connection available.
+
+ .. _`Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`:
+ http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/index.html
+
Welcome
-------
Modified: trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
==============================================================================
--- trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html (original)
+++ trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html 2008-08-11 09:01:49 EDT (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@
<p>The most reliable way to get a copy of Boost is to download a
distribution from <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041">SourceForge</a>:</p>
<ol class="arabic">
-<li><p class="first">Download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.tar.bz2</span></tt></a>.</p>
+<li><p class="first">Download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.tar.bz2</span></tt></a>.</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">In the directory where you want to put the Boost installation,
execute</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-tar --bzip2 -xf <em>/path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>.tar.bz2
+tar --bzip2 -xf <em>/path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>.tar.bz2
</pre>
</li>
</ol>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id19">2 The Boost Distribution</a></h1>
<p>This is a sketch of the resulting directory structure:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-<strong>boost_1_35_0</strong><strong>/</strong> .................<em>The “boost root directoryâ€</em>
+<strong>boost_1_36_0</strong><strong>/</strong> .................<em>The “boost root directoryâ€</em>
<strong>index.htm</strong> .........<em>A copy of www.boost.org starts here</em>
<strong>boost</strong><strong>/</strong> .........................<em>All Boost Header files</em>
<tt class="docutils literal"> </tt>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
</div>
<p>It's important to note the following:</p>
<ol class="arabic" id="boost-root-directory">
-<li><p class="first">The path to the <strong>boost root directory</strong> (often <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/usr/local/</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>) is
+<li><p class="first">The path to the <strong>boost root directory</strong> (often <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/usr/local/</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>) is
sometimes referred to as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$BOOST_ROOT</span></tt> in documentation and
mailing lists .</p>
</li>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
<p>Now, in the directory where you saved <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">example.cpp</span></tt>, issue the
following command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-c++ -I <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt> example.cpp -o example
+c++ -I <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt> example.cpp -o example
</pre>
<p>To test the result, type:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
<p>Issue the following commands in the shell (don't type <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$</span></tt>; that
represents the shell's prompt):</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-<strong>$</strong> cd <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>
+<strong>$</strong> cd <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>
<strong>$</strong> ./configure --help
</pre>
<p>Select your configuration options and invoke <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">./configure</span></tt> again
@@ -425,9 +425,14 @@
</pre>
<p>For example, your session might look like this:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-$ cd ~/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>
+$ cd ~/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>
$ bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong>/tmp/build-boost <strong>--toolset=</strong>gcc stage
</pre>
+<p>That will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded variations of the libraries. To build all variations:</p>
+<pre class="literal-block">
+$ cd ~/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>
+$ bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong>/tmp/build-boost <strong>--toolset=</strong>gcc <strong>--build-type=</strong>complete stage
+</pre>
<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
@@ -533,15 +538,15 @@
<ol class="upperalpha">
<li><p class="first">You can specify the full path to each library:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-$ c++ -I <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt> example.cpp -o example <strong>\</strong>
- <strong>~/boost/lib/libboost_regex-gcc34-mt-d-1_35.a</strong>
+$ c++ -I <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt> example.cpp -o example <strong>\</strong>
+ <strong>~/boost/lib/libboost_regex-gcc34-mt-d-1_36.a</strong>
</pre>
</li>
<li><p class="first">You can separately specify a directory to search (with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-L</span></tt><em>directory</em>) and a library name to search for (with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-l</span></tt><em>library</em>,<a class="footnote-reference" href="#lowercase-l" id="id12"><sup>2</sup></a> dropping the filename's leading <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lib</span></tt> and trailing
suffix (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.a</span></tt> in this case):</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-$ c++ -I <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt> example.cpp -o example <strong>\</strong>
- <strong>-L~/boost/lib/ -lboost_regex-gcc34-mt-d-1_35</strong>
+$ c++ -I <em>path/to/</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt> example.cpp -o example <strong>\</strong>
+ <strong>-L~/boost/lib/ -lboost_regex-gcc34-mt-d-1_36</strong>
</pre>
<p>As you can see, this method is just as terse as method A for one
library; it <em>really</em> pays off when you're using multiple
Modified: trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst
==============================================================================
--- trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst (original)
+++ trunk/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst 2008-08-11 09:01:49 EDT (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@
$ cd ~/|boost_ver|
$ bjam **--build-dir=**\ /tmp/build-boost **--toolset=**\ gcc stage
+That will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded variations of the libraries. To build all variations:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ $ cd ~/|boost_ver|
+ $ bjam **--build-dir=**\ /tmp/build-boost **--toolset=**\ gcc **--build-type=**\ complete stage
+
.. include:: detail/build-from-source-tail.rst
.. include:: detail/link-head.rst
Modified: trunk/more/getting_started/windows.html
==============================================================================
--- trunk/more/getting_started/windows.html (original)
+++ trunk/more/getting_started/windows.html 2008-08-11 09:01:49 EDT (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
install the <a class="reference external" href="../../libs/regex/index.html">Boost.Regex</a> binaries when given the option.</p>
<p>If you're using an earlier version of Visual Studio or some other
compiler, or if you prefer to build everything yourself, you can
-download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.exe</span></tt></a> and run it to install a complete Boost
+download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.exe</span></tt></a> and run it to install a complete Boost
distribution.<a class="footnote-reference" href="#zip" id="id2"><sup>1</sup></a></p>
<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25">2 The Boost Distribution</a></h1>
<p>This is a sketch of the resulting directory structure:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-<strong>boost_1_35_0</strong><strong>\</strong> .................<em>The “boost root directoryâ€</em>
+<strong>boost_1_36_0</strong><strong>\</strong> .................<em>The “boost root directoryâ€</em>
<strong>index.htm</strong> .........<em>A copy of www.boost.org starts here</em>
<strong>boost</strong><strong>\</strong> .........................<em>All Boost Header files</em>
<strong>lib</strong><strong>\</strong> .....................<em>precompiled library binaries</em>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
</div>
<p>It's important to note the following:</p>
<ol class="arabic" id="boost-root-directory">
-<li><p class="first">The path to the <strong>boost root directory</strong> (often <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>) is
+<li><p class="first">The path to the <strong>boost root directory</strong> (often <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>) is
sometimes referred to as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$BOOST_ROOT</span></tt> in documentation and
mailing lists .</p>
</li>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
</pre>
<p>followed by Return. For example,</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>
+cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>
</pre>
<p class="last">Long commands can be continued across several lines by typing a
caret (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">^</span></tt>) at the end of all but the last line. Some examples
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
<li><p class="first">In <em>Configuration Properties</em> > <em>C/C++</em> > <em>General</em> > <em>Additional Include
Directories</em>, enter the path to the Boost root directory, for example</p>
<blockquote>
-<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt></p>
+<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt></p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p class="first">In <em>Configuration Properties</em> > <em>C/C++</em> > <em>Precompiled Headers</em>, change
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
directory</a> to a suitable location for creating some temporary
files and type the following command followed by the Return key:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt> <em>path</em>\<em>to</em>\example.cpp
+cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt> <em>path</em>\<em>to</em>\example.cpp
</pre>
<p>To test the result, type:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id32">5.1 Install Visual Studio (2005 or .NET 2003) Binaries</a></h2>
<p>The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost-consulting.com/download/windows">installer</a> supplied by Boost Consulting will download and
install pre-compiled binaries into the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lib\</span></tt> subdirectory of the
-boost root, typically <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib\</span></tt>. If you installed
+boost root, typically <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib\</span></tt>. If you installed
all variants of the <a class="reference external" href="../../libs/regex/index.html">Boost.Regex</a> binary, you're done with this
step. Otherwise, please run the installer again and install them
now.</p>
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@
</pre>
<p>For example, your session might look like this:<a class="footnote-reference" href="#continuation" id="id13"><sup>4</sup></a></p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-C:\WINDOWS> cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>
-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt>> bjam <strong>^</strong>
+C:\WINDOWS> cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>
+<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt>> bjam <strong>^</strong>
More? <strong>--build-dir=</strong>"C:\Documents and Settings\dave\build-boost" <strong>^</strong>
More? <strong>--toolset=</strong>msvc stage
</pre>
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
select <em>Properties</em> from the resulting pop-up menu</li>
<li>In <em>Configuration Properties</em> > <em>Linker</em> > <em>Additional Library
Directories</em>, enter the path to the Boost binaries,
-e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib\</span></tt>.</li>
+e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib\</span></tt>.</li>
<li>From the <em>Build</em> menu, select <em>Build Solution</em>.</li>
</ol>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#test-your-program"><em>skip to the next step</em></a></p>
@@ -630,10 +630,10 @@
<p>For example, we can compile and link the above program from the
Visual C++ command-line by simply adding the <strong>bold</strong> text below to
the command line we used earlier, assuming your Boost binaries are
-in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib</span></tt>:</p>
+in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib</span></tt>:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
-cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt> example.cpp <strong>^</strong>
- <strong>/link /LIBPATH:</strong> <strong>C:\Program Files\boost\</strong><strong>boost_1_35_0</strong><strong>\lib</strong>
+cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt> example.cpp <strong>^</strong>
+ <strong>/link /LIBPATH:</strong> <strong>C:\Program Files\boost\</strong><strong>boost_1_36_0</strong><strong>\lib</strong>
</pre>
</div>
<div class="section" id="library-naming">
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@
<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2">[1]</a></td><td>If you prefer not to download executable programs,
-download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_35_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.zip</span></tt></a> and use an external tool to decompress
+download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_36_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.zip</span></tt></a> and use an external tool to decompress
it. We don't recommend using Windows' built-in decompression as
it can be painfully slow for large archives.</td></tr>
</tbody>
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