Martin Wille wrote:
Thomas Witt wrote:
In article <4630E0FB.4090905@crystalclearsoftware.com> Jeff Garland <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> wrote:
I think searching paths outside the boost tree for a user-config.jam without explicit user input and, in particular, choosing it ahead of one in that is in the local boost tree is a bug -- it violates the principle of least surprise. FWIW it's not that clear cut to me. You really want to be able to configure boost build in some central place without having to look for stuff that might interfere.
I think Jeff wants these priorities:
1. local (to the project) configuration files
2. user configuration
3. system configuration
FWIW, I totally agree (we did have a short discussion about this on IRC a while ago). In addition, I don't think the name 'user-config.jam' is very appropriate, especially as a file in $(HOME). It doesn't give any hint at being related to boost. There are thousands of 'user config' things in my home, but most in a project / application - specific subdirectory, to make it clear what they relate to. Thanks, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...