On 2018-12-19 11:13 a.m., Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
Our "b2 --help" documentation says
--exec-prefix=<EPREFIX> Install architecture dependent files here. Default: <PREFIX>
--libdir=<LIBDIR> Install library files here. Default: <EPREFIX>/lib
and bootstrap.sh also supports --exec-prefix and when given, records it in project-config.jam.
But it doesn't work and has never worked. Only --prefix is honored, --exec-prefix is simply ignored.
I think that we should bring the documentation and the actual behavior in sync, either by making --exec-prefix work as documented, or removing it from the documentation.
Which one should we do? Comments?
I believe $exec_prefix is a relict of the past, so I'd suggest we remove it, given that it wasn't ever working. Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...