[C++-sig] build project outside boost tree

[Achim Domma (ProCoders)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: c++-sig-admin at python.org [mailto:c++-sig-admin at python.org]On
> Behalf Of Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
> We use SCons (www.scons.org) as a build tool and are very pleased
> with it. Look
> for the "Repository feature." This lets you build *everything*
> outside your
> source code trees. We embed code (some 20 or 30 lines of Python) for
> quick-and-dirty parsing of jam files in your SConscripts. Works
> like charm for
> building libboost_python.so or boost_python.dll anywhere you want.
> Ralf

Sorry for being imprecise. I want to use bjam to build my extension! Most
users expect a simple configure;make;make install, and I don't want to force
them to download and install more tools than neccessary.

regards,
Achim