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Seems simple enough to me. Much simpler than trying to recreate the UNIX auto-config behaviour on Windows, because Windows just isn't very robust that way.
Boost.Config already does that. As pointed out on another post, it's the building of bjam and running it that people need help with. A UI that does that for you would be enough to get over the hurdle. If it also installs extensions to your IDE that make running bjam, or using Jamfiles as projects, directly in the IDE I would think that solves all the getting started issues in the most portable manner.
Thank you Rene! (for saying it clearly) That's exactly the tool I'm proposing!...
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