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Wrong documentation?

Open asfarley opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Hi,

I am following the guide here: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_79_0/more/getting_started/windows.html

And it seems that after unpacking boost_1_79_0.7z, there is no /lib subdirectory appearing under the boost_1_79_0/ folder.

I'm aware that building may generate the lib subdirectory, but if you read the instructions from the top, it's saying that the subdirectory should exist immediately after unpacking the download. This is a bit confusing.

asfarley avatar Jun 08 '22 22:06 asfarley

Hi @asfarley

It seems to happen when using the stage target. I usually set

b2 toolset=msvc-14.2 --build-type=complete. --stagedir=. stage when I build boost

Running directly under the boost_1_79_0 folder

IrisPeter avatar Jun 23 '22 15:06 IrisPeter