Hi, I'm interested in helping make the BGL easier to use right out-of-the-box. But, I'm not an expert at Boost (or Jamfiles) yet, so please guide me if this is wrong. I tried to patch the Jamfile so that it automatically builds the Graphgiz parser libraries (libbgl-viz.so and libbgl-viz.a). I only tested Jamfile (not Jamfile.v2) on some Gentoo boxes with gcc-4.1.1 and gcc-3.3.5 and it worked nicely. Some other future improvements I would like to do are to improve the Graphviz parser (to be able to parse more varieties of .dot files) and to review the documentation and check it for correctness (I already submitted some patches about half a year ago for a couple mistakes that I found). Please let me know what you think. Without further ado, here's the patch: Index: boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile =================================================================== --- boost_1_33_1.orig/libs/graph/build/Jamfile +++ boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile @@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ GRAPHVIZ_DEFS(graphviz_digraph_parser) = } local gGENERATOR_FUNCTION(LIB) = bgl-lib-file ; + dll bgl-viz + : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp + : <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT) <define>YY_NO_UNISTD_H + <runtime-link>dynamic + <define>BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 + # Darwin compiler ICEs if we turn optimization on + <darwin><*><debug-symbols>off + <darwin><*><optimization>off + # Intel compiler ICEs if we turn optimization on + <intel-win32><*><optimization>off + <*><cxxflags>-GR- + : debug <inlining>on #inlining prevents linker name clashes due to truncation! + <debug-symbols>off # Debugging symbols become HUGE + ; + lib bgl-viz : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp : <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT) <define>YY_NO_UNISTD_H @@ -47,4 +62,7 @@ GRAPHVIZ_DEFS(graphviz_digraph_parser) = ; + install bgl-viz lib + : <dll>bgl-viz <lib>bgl-viz + ; } Index: boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile.v2 =================================================================== --- boost_1_33_1.orig/libs/graph/build/Jamfile.v2 +++ boost_1_33_1/libs/graph/build/Jamfile.v2 @@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ obj graphviz_digraph_lex : graphviz_lex. <implicit-dependency>graphviz_digraph_parser ; obj graphviz_digraph_parser : graphviz_parser.yy : bgl_dir_ <define>GRAPHVIZ_DIRECTED=1 ; + +boost-install bgl-viz ;