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The Boost.Build System

Software Engineering 2012-08-31 v1

Abstract

Boost.Build is a new build system with unique approach to portability. This paper discusses the underlying requirements, the key design decisions, and the lessons learned during several years of development. We also review other contemporary build systems, and why they fail to meet the same requirements.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1208.6264,
  title  = {The Boost.Build System},
  author = {Vladimir Prus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.6264},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Proceedings of the 3rd Spring Young Researchers' Colloquium on Software Engineering (SYRCoSE) 2009

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