Re: Re: Thanks all - I got what I wanted!!

From: Daniel Yerushalmi (yg-boost-users_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-20 02:51:53

"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:4.3.2.7.2.20021219221810.01ac1910_at_mailhost.esva.net...
> At 05:29 PM 12/19/2002, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>  >"Daniel Yerushalmi" <yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]> writes:
>  >
>  >...
>  >> I want to do something equivalant... (in my opinion it should by
> default
>  >to
>  >> build all the four (eight including debug/release) option.... )
>  >
>  >Talk to Beman about it; he's the filesystem guy.  BTW I'm pretty sure
>  >there are only six combinations, since the DLL runtime is always
>  >MT-enabled.
>
> I don't think the issue of exactly which libraries (all six, fewer?) to
> build is an isolated filesystem issue.
>
> Rather, it is part of the larger install issue.
>
> By that I mean that we now have a good way to do builds, and it will get
> even better with Boost.Build V2. But to some extent, that is a capability,
> not a complete solution. The complete solution would deliver a completely
> installed set of libraries, ready to go for your compiler.
>
> At first glance, that seems easy. But remember that most of the
> expectation-raising examples we are all familiar with work for only one
> compiler and one operating system, and are custom-built for that compiler
> and O/S. So a general solution is a tough nut to crack.
>
> --Beman
>
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