Re: [Boost-users] Newbie questions and possible bug reports

From: Samuel (samuel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-09 12:08:38

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From: "Daniel Huber" <dhuber_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:03 AM
Subject: [Boost-users] Newbie questions and possible bug reports

> I am a new user to Boost, and I am trying to compile and install Boost
> for the first time.  In the process, I have run into some problems that
> the Boost maintainers may be interested in.

I am a new user too.

> First, I was wondering if there is a specification as to which version
> of gcc the Boost libraries are known to compile with.

There are definitely descriptions of use of Boost with each of the major
compilers. When there are version-dependent specifics, I think there would
be something said when needed.

> Second, I noticed that the zip version of the latest release 1_31_0
> contains files that are in windows format (ie, the files contain
> carriage returns).

I know I saw somewhere that the zip format is in the format you describe and
that the other format (gz and/or tar or whatever) is in the format more
convenient for Unix and Linux. If you download from SourceForge then I think
it is clear enough. If you did not download from SourceForge then look there
to see if it is made clear enough.