Re: [Boost-users] Managing builds

Caleb Epstein writes:

On 9/28/05, Aaron Griffin wrote:

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Subject: feature wish for boost 1.32.1 or 1.33.0: pkg-config support

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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/115215

Subject: [boost.build] RFE: pkg-config http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/126039

Thanks. I did come across similar discussions before, but still don't know if there are any results. Does anyone know if anything came from the discussions above?

I don't believe either discussion reached anything resembling closure. Part of the problem (at least my take on it) seems to be communicating the utility of pkg-config (or something like it) to the Boost.Build-centriccrowd.

More likely the problem is that someone who knows and understands pkg-config hasn't contributed support for it to Boost. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com