-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Edward Diener Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 9:25 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Developing a (nearly new) library possibly to be proposed for Boost
to try set up a new library.
I've started by trying to use the simple 'library' I created over a year ago using a previous version of this document.
Is it intended that users should place their 'Boost-Wannabe' libraries in the modular-boost in /libs/mylibrary as other real Boost libraries ?
Yes.
As I surmised :-).
When I assumed this, I found it impossible to GIT clone my existing 'simple' library into the /libs folder as it is not empty, so the 2nd line
git clone git@github.com:Beman/simple.git
fails.
Just cd to modular-boost's libs subdirectory, open a terminal, then
git clone git@github.com:MyName/mylibrary.git
This doesn't work for me as I haven't got SSH set up right? I:\modular-boost\libs>git clone git@github:Beman/simple.git Cloning into 'simple'... ssh: connect to host github port 22: Bad file number fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.
or what I use since I avoid SSH on Windows:
git clone https://github.com/MyName/mylibrary.git
This works OK, as I originally expected it to work using Tortoise GIT I:\modular-boost\libs>git clone https://github.com/Beman/simple.git Cloning into 'simple'... remote: Reusing existing pack: 12, done. remote: Total 12 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (12/12), done. Checking connectivity... done. BUT it doesn't for me as I expected using Tortoise GIT. There is no clone option :-( I had hoped to avoid the antediluvian command line ;-)
Provide a symbolic link to the directory. From the modular-boost boost directory:
mklink /d mylibrary ../libs/mylibrary/include/boost/mylibrary
OK - but is the /D option correct and why? /D creates a symbolic link, or a soft link. where b2 headers produces hard links (at present). Is this just a temporary 'feature'? Thanks for your helpful advices. Paul --- Paul A. Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 07714330204 pbristow@hetp.u-net.com