Re: [Boost-users] list of optional dependencies for building boost?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 14:25:11

Benjamin Rutt <rutt_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> Not possible.  If there were actual errors, the build would've
>> stopped.
>
> I see.  It must have been warnings then.
>
>>> I guess those "failures" must have been unmet optional dependencies?
>>
>> Possibly.  The way to tell for sure is build in some editor or command
>> shell window with a long memory or simply redirect the build output
>> into a file so you can review it later.  If you don't want to wait for
>> the build to actually occur you could run bjam with the -n flag; that
>> will do all the computation necessary including warning you of missing
>> dependencies, but will only print the commands that would be used for
>> building, rather than executing them.
>
> Thanks; unfortunately, I did not save a log of my prior build.  I
> re-ran the build, and had no warnings this time.  My dev environment
> must have gained some dependencies since the last time I tried.
>
>> For now, I think the only documentation is what the build system tells
>> you about.
>
> OK, from what I've gathered, boost can optionally depend on python and
> gzip+bzip2 libraries.  If anyone can think of something I have missed,
> let me know.  Thanks,

The Regex library can depend on ICU.

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Dave Abrahams
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