Re: [Boost-users] automake + boost lib versions

From: Jens Seidel (jensseidel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-07 05:18:44

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:28AM +0100, Klett, Stefan wrote:
> I've got a problem with rolling a packet to distribute a library source
> - first I tried to do this with boost-build  , but later on I had some
> difficulties and fell back to automake.
>  
> What I need is a (hopefully convenient) way to deal with different
> versions of the boost libraries - because I have to expect that the
> names of these libraries will differ on nearly  all machines a potential
 
> Is there anyone of you who has some experience in writing a proper
> configure.ac Makefile.am  that is  aware of these different
> boost-library names ?  If so please give me a hint ...

A simple search for "boost m4" finds
http://repo.or.cz/w/boost.m4.git
which uses very clear code and simple syntax. It works very well for me.

Jens