Douglas Paul Gregor
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Tom Weber wrote:
Hello, I downloaded boost today so regard me as a newbie. Boost seems great, but the documentation doesn't mention how I should install boost on my system (redhat 9), and how to link against the built libraries. Sure I can include it in every project (though it's huge!), and make the makefiles link into strange locations such as libs/test/build/bin/libboost_unit_test_framework.a/gcc/debug/runtime-link-static/threading-single/libboost_unit_test_framework.a
Is there an easier way?
Most Boost libraries don't even require that you build anything explicitly; all code is in the headers.
Why aren't packages like boost-[devel-]VERSION.PLATFORM.rpm made?
We don't have a maintainer interested in making these packages for each release. If such a maintainer materializes, we'd of course be glad to release RPMs as well.
Actually, Benjamin Kosnik, at RedHat, has been making Boost RPMs. Here's what I found with Google: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/842521/com/boost-devel-1.30.2-2.... -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com