From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-25 08:43:39
On 10/25/07 07:30, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Larry Evans wrote:
[snip]
>> so, I'm guessing the --with-python is ignored? I tried
>> without the --with-python and it ran OK.
>
> Well, --with-python works for me just fine.
>
However, if there's no difference between:
./build.sh
and:
./build.sh --with-python=/usr
why instruct the user to use --with-python=/usr. That instruction
cause me to look at my system to see where python was located, and
then I wondered why that would be needed. That caused me to
examine ./build.sh and it wasn't obvious what use there was in
using --with-python. So, although the documentation is
correct in that it produces the desired bjam executable,
it leads people to needlessly wonder whether /usr is the
correct value (some may have python installed elsewhere).