Re: [Boost-users] building graph library

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-08 21:50:17

On Oct 8, 2004, at 1:06 PM, kyle huang wrote:

> i just started looking at the boost libraries and thus i'm a total
> beginner. i'm trying to build the
> graph library in particular, and i haven't had any luck at all. first,
> is it a buildable library, or is it just a collection of templates? if
> so (collection of templates), how do i use it?
>
> i'm using windows xp, and building for Visual Studio 6

Just expanding on Jeffrey Holle's answer at a bit... Visual Studio 6 
is, unfortunately, very unstable when compiling the graph library code. 
Simple uses do work, but unfortunately if you push too hard you will 
run into problems. We've tried fixing it in the past without much 
success.

        Doug