Package: boost-build (2.0-m12-2)

cross-platform build system for C++ projects

Boost.Build is an easy way to build C++ projects, everywhere. You name you executables and libraries and list their sources. Boost.Build takes care about compiling your sources with right options, creating static and shared libraries, making executables, and other chores -- whether you're using gcc, msvc, or a dozen more supported C++ compilers -- on Windows, OSX, Linux and commercial UNIX systems.

Some of the most important features:

   * Simple and high level build description.
   * Portability. Most important build properties have symbolic names that
     work everywhere.
   * Variant builds. When you build the same project twice with different
     properties, all produced files are placed in different directories,
     so you can build with 2 versions of gcc, or both debug and
     release variants in one invocation.
   * Global dependencies. No matter what directory you build in, Boost.Build
     will always check all dependencies in your entire project, preventing
     inconsistent binaries.
   * Usage requirements. A target can specify properties, like include paths
     and preprocessor defines, that are necessary to use it. Those properties
     will be automatically applied whenever the target is used.

Tags: Software Development: Build Tool