Re: Building Boost 1.25.1 (Windows NT/msvc)

From: Gregory Coulon (coulon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-09 17:31:30

I finally got it to go; I found a solution posted by Mike Owens on 
the Boost-Users group... thanks Mike! (For those who are interested, 
and who aren't subscribed to Boost-Users, the solution involved using 
the subst NT command to condense the VC++ path down to a single drive 
letter, bypassing any need for jam to parse it.)

--- In boost_at_y..., "Gregory Coulon" <coulon_at_y...> wrote:
> 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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