I'd like to build boost for VC7. I've followed several of the threads that detail some of the problems that people has faced and the solutions that have been found. Being the first time that I use boost: -How do I get access to a "free" CVS client that I can use on my machine and some information on how to use it? I'm familiar with SourceSafe on Windows platforms and I'm running Windows 2000 at home, Windows XP in my office. - Is it worth it to build 1.27, or should I wait for a "minor point" (1.27.1??) release or should I download the sources and go from there? It seems that there have been several changes made to 1.27.0 to accomodate VC7. Regards, Javier.
I'd like to build boost for VC7. I've followed several of the threads that detail some of the problems that people has faced and the solutions that have been found.
Boost is a big library. Most parts should work fine with VC7. Since you have been tracking the problem areas, you might want to get familiar with some other parts of the library and just wait for the next release. Note that many boost libraries don't require any 'building' as they are header only libraries.
Being the first time that I use boost:
-How do I get access to a "free" CVS client that I can use on my machine and some information on how to use it? I'm familiar with SourceSafe on Windows platforms and I'm running Windows 2000 at home, Windows XP in my office.
See http://www.cvshome.org/ For a GUI client for windows: http://www.wincvs.org/ (unavailable at the moment)
- Is it worth it to build 1.27, or should I wait for a "minor point" (1.27.1??) release or should I download the sources and go from there? It seems that there have been several changes made to 1.27.0 to accomodate VC7.
Boost releases are every month or two. Given the Feb 5th release we might expect that 1.28 would be pretty soon. That said, there haven't been any rumblings on the developer list about getting out a new release. HTH, Jeff
Jeff, Thx a bunch for the links. I already downloaded and printed the documentation from http://www.cvshome.org/. I also downloaded the latest stable version from http://www.wincvs.org/. I set up the CVSROOT using anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost, as it says on the web site. I tried to log in but there is no confirmation--the password is blank according to what the site says. I also invoke the command line from Admin | Command Line cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost login and I get the following: [Messages begin here...] cvs login (Logging in to anonymous@cvs.boost.sourceforge.net) *****CVS exited normally with code 0***** [...and end here] I'm confused. Is the code 0 a good return code and I'm already in but the GUI does not update or am I still logged out? Thx for your support. Javier. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
-How do I get access to a "free" CVS client that I can use on my machine and some information on how to use it? I'm familiar with SourceSafe on Windows platforms and I'm running Windows 2000 at home, Windows XP in my office.
For a GUI client for windows: http://www.wincvs.org/ (unavailable at the moment)
Try also Tortoise-CVS: http://www.tortoisecvs.org It' the most simple and straigthforward CVS client for Windows.
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