Re: [boost] Experience with Boost.Build

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-21 23:54:12

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve M. Robbins" <steven.robbins_at_[hidden]>

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:21:29PM -0700, Dan Nuffer wrote:
>
>
> > - The Boost.Python build failed.  I don't know for sure since Jam
> > doesn't print the command it's running, but judging from the gcc error
> > messages, the Python headers were not found (they are in a standard
> > place - /usr/include/python1.5, so why weren't they found?)
>
> The build assumes /usr/local/include/python1.5 unless you tell it
> otherwise.  I believe "jam -sPYTHON_ROOT=/usr" should work.

Right.

> > It would be
> > nice if Jam would print out the command it invoked so I could tell what
> > was happening.
>
> You can get a list of the commands jam will run using "jam -o/tmp/trace".

or jam -n if you don't want it to execute them
or jam -d+2 if you do