https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/7846 <p> lacking DESTDIR support, it is not possible for packagers to install the prepared boost package into a temporary location to create a package bundle. additionally it is not possible to compile boost without cluttering the build host. </p> <p> please read this explanation about the difference of prefix and DESTDIR: <a class="ext-link" href="https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/issues/26"><span class="icon">​</span>https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/issues/26</a> </p> <p> it was suggested in boost IRC channel that an option --destdir should be added to b2, and that i file this bug report. </p> <p> note that i'm not the only one needing this feature, and the lack of it seems to cause some pretty bad perceptions about boosts build system. </p> <p> for example in this gentoo ebuild script on line 427 it reads: "# boost's build system truely sucks for not having a destdir" <a class="ext-link" href="http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/boost/boost-1.50.0-r1.ebuild?view=markup"><span class="icon">​</span>http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/boost/boost-1.50.0-r1.ebuild?view=markup</a> </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/7846 Trac 1.4.3 anonymous Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:34:36 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/7846#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/7846#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">duplicate</span> </li> </ul> Ticket