run boost commands from boost source-tree #4
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related: this is going to bite people as they upgrade distros/glibc's and try to build boost from source: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/84950 the boost failure manifests as
I suggest using a newer boost from source. otherwise we might need the ability to add patches. |
| install_static: './bjam cxxflags=''-fPIC'' --threading=multi --layout=tagged link=static | ||
| -j$makewidth install | ||
| install: cd .. && ./bjam --threading=multi --layout=tagged link=shared -j$makewidth install --build-dir=build | ||
| install_static: 'cd && ./bjam cxxflags=''-fPIC'' --threading=multi --layout=tagged link=static |
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ah, nevermind that other comment. I misread. You're right.
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I'm not on my dev machine and modified from online editor. Feel free to squash or I can do it later |
run boost commands from boost source-tree
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nah too lazy |
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Didn't see your 2nd question until now. We don't have such a variable, but I see its utility. Please add a feature request to the issue tracker. |
Building boost from source requires running bootstrap and bjam from the source tree. There may be a better way to do this, but I found this to work. The build still takes place in build.
Related, is there a recipe variable that contains the full path to the build directory?