Re: [Boost-users] [Build/make tools] My strong interest in some 'boost-config' script...

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Build/make tools] My strong interest in some 'boost-config' script...
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-11 18:06:05

François Mauger wrote:

> CPPFLAGS+=$(shell  gsl-config  --cflags)
> LDFLAGS+=$(shell  gsl-config --libs)
> 
> Up to now  and AFAIK it seems Boost does not  provide such script that
> could  be generated  at  build  stage for  any  Unix-like system.   Of
> course, I  wrote my own  script for my  own usage (and for  people who
> work with me).  But at the end, I  think it would be better  to use an
> `official' tool.  For  my experience, it is also  a strong argument to
> convince newbies to use Boost on top of standard C++, because it comes
> in some rather transparent way.
> 
> So I have a few questions:
> - Is there such a script hidden in the Boost source tree?
> - If not, is there any plan to provide one?

Yes, probably for next release.

- Volodya