From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-11 22:19:47
Doug Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]> writes:
> I thought I answered this already? Anyway...
I don't remember seeing it.
> "configure" needs to look for Python because it needs to know whether
> it should add a "using python" line to its own user-config.jam file.
Okay...
[what happens when the user already has a user-config.jam?]
> And once it has found Python, the best way to be sure that it then
> builds with the Python it found
and why does that matter?
> is by putting the detected root and version into its
> user-config.jam.
>
> If we let BBv2 find Python at "make" time, it could find a different
> Python from what "configure" found (due to changes to the PATH, for
> example).
So what?
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com