Re: [Cgi-devel] congratulations - couple of general questions

[Darren G. <lis...@gm...>]

On 17 June 2010 14:18, <jc...@ol...> wrote:

> Darren,
>
> Thanks for all the answers.
>
> >> My boost installation is at /usr/local/include/ and I downloaded cgi C++
> >> at /websites/libraries. Is there a difference between:
> >> #include <boost/cgi/fcgi.hpp>
> >> #include "/websites/libraries/boost/cgi-0.7.1/boost/cgi/fcgi.hpp"
>
> > you should prefer the first option. Configure your PATH or
> > compiler to search for the correct version of the CGI library and use
> > <boost/cgi/fcgi.hpp>
>
> (1) What do I risk if I go with the first second option?
>

Could you clarify? ;)


> (2) The "installation" section of the doc would benefit from adding a few
> lines at the beginning explaining that once the standard boost is compiled
> and installed (by default in /usr/local for many linux distro I guess),
> then it is only a question of dropping off cgi into
> /usr/local/include/boost. As it is now it is unnecessary daunting.
>

You should generally only have to add "/path/to/cgi_root" to your system
PATH. Adding the includes to /usr/include/boost is not required. I'll add
something to the docs around this - the idea is getting started takes 5
minutes (+ compile times for Boost) so comments here are very useful.

(3) Does the library require the fastcgi toolkit available at fastcgi.com.
> Does it contain its own implementation of the FastCGI protocol?
>

You don't need the FastCGI toolkit - the library fully implements FastCGI
using Boost.Asio.

Cheers,
Darren