Re: Building Boost on Linux

From: simonwlb (conic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-12 20:16:10

--- In boost_at_y..., Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_r...> wrote:
> On 2002-03-13 at 12:25 AM, conic_at_b... (simonwlb) wrote:
> 
> >I managed to build boost under Windows.  As a Windows programmer, 
it 
> >was easy.  Now I need to build it under Linux, and the hours are 
> >rolling by without any success.  But then, I'm a complete newbie 
to 
> >Linux.
> >
> >I managed to build Jam, but now I can't build boost itself.  The 
> >output of Jam is riddled with errors like this one:
> >
> >------------------
> >MkDir1 status/bin/iter_adaptor_fail_expected1/gcc/debug
> >:command not found
> >':File existscreate directory `
> >
> >   mkdir status/bin/iter_adaptor_fail_expected1/gcc/debug
> >....failed MkDir1 
status/bin/iter_adaptor_fail_expected1/gcc/debug ...
> >....skipped <blah - blah - blah>
> >-------------------
> >
> >If it's any help, it's a Debian Linux, and my filesystem is a 
Windows 
> >one that is mounted under Linux.
> 
> Perhaps your mounted Windows FS is read-only?
> 
> 
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I hope it's something that simple.  I managed to build Jam itself ok, 
so I assume read-only-ness isn't the problem.  

Mind you, building Jam didn't work either until I made all the files 
in the boost_1_27_0 directory tree writable.  I did that using 
Windows.