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-Unix/Linux hints: boost_all.zip is built on a Win32 platform, so the -line endings are wrong for Unix/Linux. Use the -a option when -unzipping with InfoZip for Unix/Linux friendly line endings. +Text file line endings in the .zip file are as supplied by each library +developer. This works fine for Windows, but not for Unix/Linux. The +.tar.gz file supplies Unix/Linux friendly line endings.
Text file line endings in the .tar.gz file have been converted to newlines +for ease of use on Unix/Linux platforms.
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@@ -97,8 +100,7 @@ Many boost libraries are implemented entirely within their header
files. The only preparation for their use is to add the path for the
parent directory of the boost headers sub-directory to your compiler's
list of #include
search directories.
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+For example, using Windows 2000, if you have unzipped release 1.20.2 from boost_all.zip into the top level directory of your C drive, for Borland, GCC, and Metrowerks compilers add '-Ic:/boost_1_20_2' to the @@ -106,19 +108,20 @@ compiler command line, and for the Microsoft compiler add '/I "c:/boost_1_20_2"'. For IDE's, add 'c:/boost_1_20_2' (or whatever you have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI dialog. -
A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and thus require compilation on your system to link properly. Boost does -not currently have an overall "build" or "make" machanism in place. +not currently have an overall "build" or "make" mechanism in place. Some of the individual libraries do include make and/or project files for various compilers, though.
Written by Jens Maurer +2001-02-11