Changeset 2860

Timestamp:

Sep 30, 2012, 8:59:42 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Peter

Message:

mention configure options '--with-boost-thread' and '--with-boost-system' in README.

File:

• branches/0.9-stable/README (modified) (1 diff)

branches/0.9-stable/README

@@ -82 +82 @@
 can be useful to provide the location of Boost. Boost header files are
 expected to be found in `DIR/include/` and boost libraries are
-expected to be found in `DIR/lib/`. The check for boost can be turned
-off with `--without-boost`.
+expected to be found in `DIR/lib/`. The `configure` script tries to
+detect libraries `boost_thread` and `boost_thread`. The name of a
+boost library typically depends on its configuration (see boost's
+naming convention) and there may be several versions/configurations of
+the same library installed. The `configure` tries to pick one of the
+available libraries, wchih can be overridden with `./configure
+--with-boost-thread=foo` and `configure --with-boost-system=foo`,
+respectively. The check for boost can be turned off with
+`--without-boost`.
 
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