On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Vincent Danjean <vdanjean...@free.fr> wrote: > Here, you are wrong. If I want to use the 'filesystem' part of boost, > I (as a user of the library) must be able to find all required info > only from the part of boost that I want to use. > "pkg-config --libs boost_filesystem" is one standard way to do it.
It's a way, it's not a standard. > 'boost-config --libs filesystem' can be another one. > autolink could also be a solution (but I'm not convinced at all by > this feature as described in this thread) > But hardcoding in sources the fact that you need > "-lboost_filesystem -lboost_system" (ie what must be done currently) is > a wrong approach (in my opinion). I agree it's not optimal, hence my push for auto linking. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinz=0k8uwx3jnq7e-e_lwfpujydfcf4zls...@mail.gmail.com