From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-05 12:10:45
Peter Dimov wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
> A binary package of the .zip variety would be both good enough and
> preferable, as it wouldn't involve running untrusted executables.
Well, running and MSI doesn't involve untrusted executables either :)
.zip package with prebuilt libs will be good enough. It's a good
compromise between ease of installation and ease of package creation.
> That aside, FWIW I've found bjam relatively painless to use (once it's
> present). I didn't even need to specify an -sTOOLS option or run
> vcvars32.bat IIRC.
The documentation is misleading and outdated. BBv1 Getting Started tells
you to do complex things which aren't already necessary for a long time.
> For the scenario where one already has the headers up
> and running but doesn't want to "bjam install" the whole package, the
> main obstacle is figuring out which -sBUILD combination generates
> "library-sgd-mt-whatever" when autolinking kicks in.
>
> Or can bjam figure these out automatically from the target name of
> "library-sgd-mt-whatever.lib"? It didn't occur to me to try it. ;-)
Good idea.
Andrey