Re: Re: Slight Alteration to Boost Directory Structure

--- In Boost-Users@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mensonides" wrote:

"William E. Kempf" wrote in message

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That still misses the point. Boost currently won't help you to install the library, but installation certainly wouldn't entail copying the entire $BOOST_ROOT tree to the $INCLUDE directory on your system. You'd only copy the $BOOST_ROOT/boost tree there.

Yes, and this is why I said that it hasn't been a problem for me. However, I see where the OP is coming from as well.

Paul Mensonides

Paul understands me correctly. I confused the issue by making two requests at once. Mainly, I want to include other libraries alongside boost and provide a single include path. That is the first wish. Bill has pointed out that I could move BOOST_ROOT/boost into my INCLUDE directory. I didn't know that - I thought it might break things. The second thing I was suggesting (and this is quite minor) was that we make the change to include smart_ptr.hpp (etc.) and thread.hpp (etc.) at the same directory level. I thought that the subdirectories (like /thread) were the way of the future. I didn't realise that the plan was to move all the headers into BOOST_ROOT/boost. So it seems my first wish is not needed and my second wish is already on the drawing board. :-) Simon