Jody Hagins wrote:
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:42:13 -0500 David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
The only real problem now is that there are a plethora of different build / configuration systems out there. Should BBv2 try to cater to each one? We could generate pkg-config files in addition to Jamfiles, oh and we could generate Makefiles and autoconf files and Visual Studio Projects and Metrowerks projects and...
I think the answer is that we (the BB maintainers) should only feel responsible for generating the Jamfiles, and we should invite interested parties to submit Boost.Build support for the other things.
Right. However, the main problem is not which build tool I use, but how I can integrate the boost libraries into my build process. Specifically, I must build my code with the same flags and options that boost is built. If my project does not use jamfiles, this is very difficult, because I have no way of knowing what options to use.
Of course the answer to that is simple: use Boost.Build ;-) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com