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Subject: [boost] b2 looks for tools/inspect/build/Jamfile
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-21 09:19:14


I'm experimenting with a partial Boost clone, the superproject, tools/build,
libs/bind, libs/config and few others, and when trying to build the tests,
I'm getting the following error:

D:\tmp\boost\libs\bind\test>..\..\..\b2 toolset=msvc-10.0
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:262: in find-jamfile from
module
project
error: Unable to load Jamfile.
error: Could not find a Jamfile in directory '../../../tools/inspect/build'.
error: Attempted to find it with pattern '[Bb]uild.jam [Jj]amfile.v2
[Jj]amfile
[Jj]amfile. [Jj]amfile.jam'.
error: Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:280: in load-jamfile from
module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:64: in load from module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:89: in load-used-projects
from mo
dule project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:75: in load from module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:113: in load-parent from
module p
roject
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:464: in initialize from
module pr
oject
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:306: in load-jamfile from
module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:64: in load from module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:113: in load-parent from
module p
roject
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:464: in initialize from
module pr
oject
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:306: in load-jamfile from
module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:64: in load from module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:145: in project.find from
module
project
D:/tmp/boost/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:535: in load from module
build-sys
tem
D:\tmp\boost\tools\build\src/kernel\modules.jam:295: in import from module
modul
es
D:\tmp\boost\tools\build\src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139: in boost-build from
modul
e
D:\tmp\boost\boost-build.jam:17: in module scope from module

Does anyone have an idea why b2 looks for the tools/inspect Jamfile? I don't
remember this being a problem before when I tried a stripped-down
installation.


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