wiki:Boost

Version 9 (modified by dbanet, 9 years ago) (diff)

the Boost repo is huge, so the a full checkout takes too much time (and bandwidth), and is also not needed to actually build Boost, so, unless one is going to commit changes and push them back, svn export is better, as it will download the files of the latest revision only, and will not create the .svn with all the history; also fixed formatting

Boost

  1. Boost
    1. Building Instructions
    2. Historie
    3. Reporting Bugs
    4. Credits

Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
We emphasize libraries that work well with the C++ Standard Library. Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use.
For more info about Boost see: ​http://www.boost.org

Building Instructions

  • obtain the latest version via svn export http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/ports/boost/trunk boost
  • cd boost && sh bootstrap.sh
  • if your app needs a boost library do bjam --with-xxx link=static (where xxx is the library to build)
  • to see which libraries could be built do bjam --show-libraries
  • as a requirement for boost_threads you need:
    • pthread from 27.03.2015 or better (yum install/update pthread)


Historie

  • version 1.40.0 added at 30.11.2009
  • version 1.57.0 added at 26.03.2015


Reporting Bugs

Reporting bugs and requesting new features is done through the ticket system. You can view existing tickets, add comments to them and create new tickets using the corresponding buttons at the top of every page. If you want to submit a new bug or request a feature, please use the Search function first to make sure there is no ticket for this task already created.

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Credits

  • Silvan Scherrer
  • all the ppl working on boost
  • netlabs.org (hosting & support)