Re: [boost] Boost build problems

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-15 07:17:43

Seshadri,

The instructions as of 1.26.0 were erroneous and have been revised. Please
see http://www.boost.org/tools/build/index.html and follow the directions
again. I think there is even an RPM for your platform.

HTH,
Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "srengarajan" <srengarajan_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:11 AM
Subject: [boost] Boost build problems

> Hi,
>   I am new to Boost and I need some help building Boost. I downloaded
> the latest version (1_26_0) of Boost and try to build following the
> instructions provided in the doc. (tools/build/index.html). I used jam
> (version 2.3.2, built from the source) to build the Boost libraries. I

You cannot use Jam 2.3.2 to build boost. You must use Boost.Jam built from
the source in the
> use RedHat 7.0 and my gcc is 2.96 (20000731). When I used the
> following command to build the Boost libraries
>
> jam -ftools/build/allyourbase.jam -sTOOLS=gcc
>
> I got the following message.
>
> tools/build/allyourbase.jam: line 1611: syntax error at keyword (
> don't know how to make all
> ...found 1 target...
> ...can't find 1 target...
>
> When I tried the same command with the older version of 1_25_1 I got a
> similar message except the line # was different( it was 1608).
>
> Of course, I tried setting the BOOST_ROOT environment variable to the
> directory where I unzipped and untarred the boost source files. It
> resulted in the same message.
>
> Any idea what I have missed to make the build process go right?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Seshadri Rengarajan
>
>
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