Re: [Boost-users] Building boost 1.42.0 for visual studio 2008 professional

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building boost 1.42.0 for visual studio 2008 professional
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-15 23:51:21

AMDG

Boost lzw wrote:
> I came across the following link on how to build Boost With Visual Studio:
> http://blog.emptycrate.com/node/414
>
> I have VS2008 professional on Windows XP professional with boost 1.39.0
> installed, really  wanted to replace it with 1.42.0. My hard disk now has
> about 16 GB left.  Is there anybody who followed the above link to have
> successfully installed boost 1.42.0 in an environment like mine (i.e., is
> the method correct)? What should I do with the /boost directory of about
> 1.8GB when boost 1.39.0 was built, simply deleting it?
>   

Assuming that you don't need it any more, you can just delete it.
You can also delete the bin.v2 directory.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe