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-# cmake_config
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+# boost_install
+
+This repository contains the implementation of the
+`boost-install` rule. This rule, when called from
+a library `Jamfile`, creates an `install` target
+that installs the library and its CMake configuration
+file. It also invokes the `install` targets of its
+dependencies.