Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of TryModBoost

Timestamp:

Jul 19, 2013, 1:39:55 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Beman Dawes

Comment:

Add b2 headers step

TryModBoost

@@ -8 +8 @@
 == Installing Modular Boost ==
 
-From the command line:
+From the command line on Window:
 
 {{{
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git modular-boost
+cd modular-boost
+bootstrap
+.\b2 headers
 }}}
 
-  || '''Warning: The build tools are not working as of the moment, so the remaining instructions on this page don't work yet.''' ||
+Or, from the command line on POSIX-like operating systems:
+
+{{{
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git modular-boost
+cd modular-boost
+./bootstrap.sh
+./b2 headers
+}}}
+
+The {{{b2 headers}}} step creates the {{{boost}}} sub-directory hierarchy and populates it with links to the headers in the include sub-directories of the individual projects.
 
 From this point on, modularized Boost behaves a lot like pre-modularized Boost.
@@ -20 +32 @@
 == Experimenting ==
 
-If you want to build b2 and Boost source libraries, run the usual command line script. For Windows, that would be:
+If you want to build the separately compiled Boost libraries, run the usual {{{b2}}} command. For Windows, that would be:
 
 {{{
-bootstrap
 .\b2
 }}}
@@ -30 +41 @@
 
 {{{
-./bootstrap.sh
 ./b2
 }}}
 
-If b2 isn't already in your path, you probably want to add it now.
+If {{{b2}}} isn't already in your path, you might want to add it now.
 
 Testing is done just the way it has always been done. For example,