On Apr 26, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
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
Me too. We've had dozens of users hit this same problem (finding the user-config.jam in their home directory and ignoring the one in their project). Let me add my voice to this proposed change. -- Noel Belcourt