From 28513257485fa5d9daafc04447c7f8c133c1e0fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Witt Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:47:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Doc and build fixes by Dave Abrahams. [SVN r38154] --- doc/building.html | 17 +++-------------- doc/building.rst | 17 ++--------------- example/quickstart/Jamroot | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html index a7f36e5c..49d83be8 100644 --- a/doc/building.html +++ b/doc/building.html @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ you can change them without rebuilding either the other extension modules or the executable containing main().

-

3   No-Install Quickstart

+

3   No-Install Quickstart

There is no need to “install Boost” in order to get started using Boost.Python. These instructions use Boost.Build projects, which will build those binaries as soon as they're needed. Your @@ -273,14 +273,6 @@ from source, you might want to supply the bjam (or the --with-libraries=python argument to configure), so only the Boost.Python binary will be built, rather than all the Boost binaries.

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Windows Users: No Auto-Link Support

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Boost.Python does not yet support the auto-link feature, so if -you're not using the quickstart method, you'll have to pay -attention to the names of generated libraries and add extra link -arguments not shown in the Getting Started Guide to select the -right library.

-

5   Configuring Boost.Build

@@ -309,7 +301,7 @@ using python ;

which automatically looks for Python in the most likely places. However, that only happens when using the Boost.Python project file -(e.g. when referred to by another project as in the quickstart +(e.g. when referred to by another project as in the quickstart method). If instead you are linking against separately-compiled Boost.Python binaries, you should set up a user-config.jam file with at least the minimal incantation above.

@@ -570,9 +562,6 @@ static and dynamic builds of Boost.Python:

  • on Windows
  • on Unix variants
    • -

    Be sure to read this section even if your compiler supports -auto-linking, as Boost.Python does not yet take advantage of -that feature.

    @@ -639,7 +628,7 @@ You may also find
    View document source. -Generated on: 2007-05-07 18:58 UTC. +Generated on: 2007-07-02 13:46 UTC. Generated by Docutils from reStructuredText source.
    diff --git a/doc/building.rst b/doc/building.rst index 6f4fd02a..d3a93800 100644 --- a/doc/building.rst +++ b/doc/building.rst @@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ dynamically-loaded libraries with a single entry point, which means you can change them without rebuilding either the other extension modules or the executable containing ``main()``. +.. _quickstart: + No-Install Quickstart ===================== @@ -326,17 +328,6 @@ argument to ``bjam`` (or the ``--with-libraries=python`` argument to ``configure``), so only the Boost.Python binary will be built, rather than all the Boost binaries. -.. Admonition:: Windows Users: No Auto-Link Support - - Boost.Python does not yet support the `auto-link`_ feature, so if - you're not using the quickstart_ method, you'll have to pay - attention to the names of generated libraries and add extra link - arguments not shown in the `Getting Started Guide`_ to select the - right library. - -.. _auto-link: ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#link-your-program-to-a-boost-library - -.. _quickstart: `no-install quickstart`_ Configuring Boost.Build ======================= @@ -652,10 +643,6 @@ __ http://www.python.org/doc/current/inst/index.html __ ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#library-naming __ ../../../more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming - Be sure to read this section even if your compiler supports - auto-linking, as Boost.Python does not yet take advantage of - that feature. - .. [#toolset-specific] Because of the way most \*nix platforms share symbols among dynamically-loaded objects, I'm not certain that extension modules built with different compiler toolsets diff --git a/example/quickstart/Jamroot b/example/quickstart/Jamroot index 72924a27..569dae13 100755 --- a/example/quickstart/Jamroot +++ b/example/quickstart/Jamroot @@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ testing.run embedding : # requirements : test_embed ; # name of test +# Create a "test" target that runs all the tests +alias test : test_ext test_embed ; + +# make sure the tests don't run by default +explicit test_ext test_embed test ; +