Re: [Boost-build] How do I determine what non-free properties need to be specified?

From: eh-boost.build_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-11-16 16:32:55

At 10:36 AM 11/16/2007, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>eh-boost.build_at_[hidden] wrote:
>
> > I received the following error message this morning:
> >
> >>object(project-attributes)@13 error: usage-requirements <toolset>gcc have
> >>non-free properties <toolset>gcc
>
>The message say that usage requirements for some target of yours has 
><toolset>gcc,
>and <toolset> is not a free feature, and this is not allowed.

Having looked at the code that generates this message, I suggest that the 
wording in your sentence above is far more informative.

>You can identify the target by running bjam with extra --debug-building 
>option.

I suggest this piece of information also be in the error message.  Better 
yet, instead of requiring the user to run it again and parse the output, 
figure it out in the code and print it.

Can you point me to the location in the documentation that describes 
"--debug-building"?  It's the first I've seen it.

Eric