Boost out-of-tree build

Asked Jan 23 '19 at 17:09

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Boost still uses its very own crazy build system called b2. Since nobody else uses it, they include a script to build b2 before you build Boost itself: ./bootstrap.sh.

If you run this from another directory it does build b2 elsewhere, but somehow you still get some binary files in

tools/build/src/engine/bootstrap/

Is there any way to get a completely clean build of Boost?

asked Jan 23 '19 at 17:09

Timmmm

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Could you do a fresh clone from github and see if there's a CMakeLists.txt in the library you need? – user14717 Jan 24 '19 at 16:37
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There's been a big push within Boost to deprecate b2 and use CMake, so you might win on the develop branch. – user14717 Jan 24 '19 at 17:00
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Astonishing that such a primitive, rudimentary feature is still impossible in boost. – alexchandel Apr 11 '19 at 04:13

Boost out-of-tree build

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