Re: [Boost-Users] RE: [date_time] library binaries for VC7.1? && Comm on lib placement

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-18 09:04:31

At 09:00 AM 8/18/2003, Dan Muller wrote:
 >In article <41B553DE6D81D5119AD90050DA7ACF702E62E6_at_PDCSERVER>,
 >administrator_at_[hidden] says...
 >> Dan,
 >>
 >
 >> On a side note, has anyone been working on placing built items into a
 >common
 >> directory, say <boost_top_dir>/lib?
 >>
 >> If not, I have a patch that should help alot.
 >
 >Sounds like an excellent idea. I'm assuming that on Windows, the boost
 >build would then follow common conventions so that libraries built with
 >different characteristics (debug vs. non-debug, multi- vs. single-
 >threaded, etc) had different names. (I haven't been following boost
 >build developments lately -- is this a topic of ongoing changes?)

A solution is currently checked in on a branch. But it is languishing for 
lack of testing. See the jamboost_at_[hidden] thread "Standardization 
of build". I'm sure it would be appreciated if someone could give it a try 
and report problems to Rene.

--Beman