On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
on Sat Dec 08 2012, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
Maybe I missed it somewhere but do I understand correctly that develop branch corresponds to the current trunk? Also, what branches will be tested?
I would also like to see instructions of checking out and composing a monolithic Boost distribution, possibly with (or without) only selected libraries.
Short answer:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/boost-lib/boost.git
gets everything. If you start with a non-recursive clone then you can control which submodules you get; see the Git documentation (yes, a more complete answer should go on the wiki).
As I understand, the common boost/ directory with links to library headers would have to be recreated somehow.
cd boost cmake -P forward_headers.cmake
At the time Andrey asked the question, that hadn't been documented yet. It is now covered by: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost
And is there a way to specify dependencies between libraries?
Some of that is already present in the Jamfiles.
Is it possible to checkout lib A and everything it requires?
Added to https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ModCvtFAQ --Beman