Subject: [boost] b2 --exec-prefix=...
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-19 16:13:57
Our "b2 --help" documentation says
--exec-prefix=<EPREFIX> Install architecture dependent files here.
Default: <PREFIX>
--libdir=<LIBDIR> Install library files here.
Default: <EPREFIX>/lib
and bootstrap.sh also supports --exec-prefix and when given, records it in
project-config.jam.
But it doesn't work and has never worked. Only --prefix is
honored, --exec-prefix is simply ignored.
I think that we should bring the documentation and the actual behavior in
sync, either by making --exec-prefix work as documented, or removing it from
the documentation.
Which one should we do? Comments?