nicer

Makefile

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
+# this ifeq is not optional, because otherwise local.conf would always be built
+
+ifeq ($(wildcard local.conf),local.conf)
 -include local.conf
+endif
 
 PREFIX?=$(HOME)
-
 BOOST_INCLUDE?=$(HOME)/dev/boost_1_72_0
 BOOST_LIB?=$(HOME)/dev/boost_1_72_0/stage/lib
 
-SIGNING_IDENTITY?=68AD28395D8090C2A8ACDD3A31FA6735C8DAE2F4
-
 AR?=ar
 CC?=cc
 CXX?=c++
 CFLAGS+=-std=c11
 CXXFLAGS+=-I$(BOOST_INCLUDE) -std=c++11
-LDFLAGS+=-L$(BOOST_LIB) -lboost_regex -lboost_filesystem
+LDFLAGS+=$(BOOST_LIB)/libboost_regex.a $(BOOST_LIB)/libboost_filesystem.a
 
 ifdef NDEBUG
 	CFLAGS+=-O3 -DNDEBUG
@@ -68,3 +69,9 @@ uninstall:
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.d *.d.* $(TARGET) $(TESTS)
+
+local.conf:
+	@echo writing local.conf
+	@echo 'PREFIX=$$(HOME)' > local.conf
+	@echo 'BOOST_INCLUDE=$(BOOST_INCLUDE)' >> local.conf
+	@echo 'BOOST_LIB=$(BOOST_LIB)' >> local.conf

test_webserver.cc

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 int main()
 {
+    std::cout << "starting webserver\n";
     pEp::Webserver web{net::ip::address::from_string("127.0.0.1"), 8080, "htdocs"};
+    std::cout << "listening on localhost.8080\n";
     web.run();
     return 0;
 }