Re: [Boost-build] Getting Started instructions aren't working for me

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-01 10:04:43

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Mon Apr 30 2007, "Wellman, Michael S SrA DMSG/WMTS" <Michael.Wellman-AT-peterson.af.mil> wrote:
> 
>> Well the 1.34.0 instructions are excellent.  I now have a much better understanding of the
>> process, and how the libraries are used.  However, it appears that my problem is specifically
>> with bjam.  Typing in the compilation instructions (since I specifically need thread and
>> date_time fully working) results in an “Application Error” popup from Windows, and the program
>> immediately terminates with no displayed output.
>>
>> Just to make sure I’m doing this properly:
>>
>>  1. I’m currently running the pre-built bjam.exe file from boost-jam-3.1.13-1-ntx86.zip.  Since
>>     I’m running Windows XP, I’m assuming this is the correct executable.
>>  2. I placed the .exe in my root boost directory (in this case, C:\Boost\boost_1_34_0. *This
>>     step may be wrong… the instructions said to run it from this directory, so I assumed the
>>     .exe had to be in this directory as well.
>>  3. The exact line I typed to invoke bjam was: bjam --build-dir=C:\Boost\boost_1_34_0 --toolset=
>>     msvc stage
>>
>> I also obtained temporary administrative rights to make sure that it wasn’t a permissions
>> problem, but that did not solve the issue either.  Any help you can give me on this would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> SrA Mike Wellman
> 
> Mike, 
> 
> could you please try building bjam yourself according to the
> instructions at
> http://www.boost.org/regression-logs/cs-win32_metacomm/doc/html/jam/building.html
> and tell us if it works any better for you?  That will give us a good
> idea of whether the bjam executable you downloaded is corrupted or not.

And I just posted a 3.1.14 release of bjam (the version in the 1.34.0 
release). So you might try those prebuilts.

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