[boost] Re: [build] relative vs absolute

"Yuval Ronen" <ronen_yuval@yahoo.com> writes:

Hi all.

I have a question which is somewhat Boost-related and somewhat general.

I've looked at the build system (i.e, Jam files) and noticed that most of time, the directories (include directories, link directories) are specified in absolute format - $(BOOST_ROOT)/whatever. However, not all of them are absolute. Some are relative - ../../../whatever. Other parts of the Boost tree, such as the html files, contain relative paths.

Actually all the paths are relative. $(BOOST_ROOT) expands to a relative path like ../../.. that is adjusted to a new appropriate value in each Jamfile. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com