Opened 12 years ago
Last modified 12 years ago
#5163 new Bugs
Support tilde paths when installing.
| Reported by: | Daniel James | Owned by: | Vladimir Prus |
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| Milestone: | To Be Determined | Component: | build |
| Version: | Boost Development Trunk | Severity: | Problem |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
On linux, installing boost build using bjam install --prefix=~/boost/env installs to a subdirectory called ~, typically boost/tools/build/v2/~. I guess that normally such paths are expanded by the shell so bjam doesn't have to deal with them, but because '--prefix=~/boost/env' appears to be a single argument that didn't happen. Would it be possible to support this?
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FWIW, I think this might be a good improvement. However, since this is generally how many Unix tools behave, I view it as a low-priority improvement; patches would be welcome.