Re: [Boost-users] bjam build failed (vc7)

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-03 11:15:12

Roman Gershman wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I got a trouble with building bjam.exe and I need your help.
>
> I downloaded boost 1.33.1 today and put it into c:\boost_1_33_1
> directory. I failed to build bjam.exe when running build.bat from
> tools\build\jam_src directory.
> The outputs of the first and second runs (1.txt and 2.txt
> respectively) of the build.bat are attached.
>
> I have Visual Net 2003 with windows xp sp2 32bit on AMD athlon x2 64
> (dual core).
>
> The interesting thing is that the script creates (empty) directory
> c:\bin.ntx86 during its run.
> I guess it should not happen since it should be created in jam_src.
>
> Moreover, when I take bjam.exe from other place, put it into my
> computer and try to build boost I get similar results : bjam creates
> directories "bin", "stage" in the root directory (c:\) instead of
> creating it in c:\boost1.33.1

Try downloading the prebuilt bjam executable, this is labeled 
boost-jam-3.1.11-1-ntx86.zip on the download page. I succesfully downloaded 
and built for the same platform, with the exception that my dir is 
C:\boost\boost_1_33_1, as I have previous versions of boost as well.

Copy the downloaded bjam.exe to your C:\boost_1_33_1 directory, cd to 
C:\boost_1_33_1 and type:

    bjam -sTOOLS=vc-7_1 stage

Jeff Flinn