Re: Building Boost 1.25.1 (Windows NT/msvc)

From: Gregory Coulon (coulon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-09 15:36:14

I ran into the same problem as Christof, and when I try to rebuild 
jam from the command line, it seems unable to parse the path to VC++ 
that I gave it, no matter if I set it at the command line or as a 
global environment variable. I tried every combination of double 
quoting and escape characters that I could think of, but maybe I'm 
missing something. Help!
Thanks,

-Gregory Coulon.

--- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> Rats! I went to significant trouble to try to keep requirements on 
Boost Jam features out of this release, but I guess I messed it up :(.
> 
> The documentation is not quite up-to-date, but updated instructions 
for building Boost Jam have been checked in and can be viewed at:
> 
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-
bin/viewcvs.cgi/~checkout~/boost/boost/tools/build/index.html?rev=1.6
> 
> 
> Here are the relevant bits:
> ------------
> 
> a.. Download FTJam and install the binary executable where it will 
be found when invoked from the command line.
> 
>   a.. For easy-to-build source files, see the FTJam site on 
SourceForge. 
>   b.. For Linux and Win32 pre-built executables, see the ftjam 
section of the FreeType file list. 
>   c.. If there is no pre-built FTJam executable for your platform, 
don't bother downloading the source. Instead, read the Jam build 
instructions and apply them directly to the Boost Jam sources in the 
tools/build/jam_src subdirectory. 
> 
> b.. If you acquired FTJam in the previous step, go to the 
tools/build/jam_src subdirectory and invoke 
> jam -sBOOST_ROOT= -sBOOST_BUILD_PATH= -sJAMBASE=
> 
> c.. which will build a new copy of Jam with the Boost extensions 
enabled. If FTJam complains about a missing toolset variable, follow 
its directions by adding the appropriate settings, e.g.: 
> jam -sBOOST_ROOT= -sBOOST_BUILD_PATH= -sJAMBASE= -
sJAM_TOOLSET=VISUALC -sVISUALC=c:/tools/msvc 
> 
> d.. Replace the FTJam executable with the one in the newly-created 
bin.platform subdirectory.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <cmeerw_at_w...>
> To: <boost_at_y...>
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:25 AM
> Subject: [boost] Building Boost 1.25.1 (Windows NT/msvc)
> 
> 
> > I had some difficulties building Boost 1.25.1 with msvc on 
Windows NT.
> > If I try to use the ftjam-2.3.5 binaries and try "jam
> > -ftools/build/allyourbase.jam -sTOOLS=msvc" I get a syntax error:
> > "tools/build/allyourbase.jam: line 1608: syntax error at keyword 
("
> > 
> > Using jam from the boost package seems to work with "jam
> > -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS=msvc", but not if I try to build it 
with "jam
> > -ftools/build/allyourbase.jam -sTOOLS=msvc". Then I get:
> > "new-split.jam: No such file or directory [...]"
> > Hmm, it's just a bit confusing... :-(
> > 
> > bye, Christof
> > 
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