Re: [boost] Fw: boost build problem

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-01 06:55:38

John,

This is just another example of what I was describing in
http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg29085.php; Reproducing your
guy's build process works just fine for me. We need to do a maintenance
release! In the meantime, please direct him to the latest CVS state.

-Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Maddock" <john_maddock_at_[hidden]>
> Dave,
>
> You may want to look into this,
>
> John Maddock
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/index.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Mechner" <david_at_[hidden]>
> To: <John_Maddock_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 6:44 PM
> Subject: boost build problem
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm emailing you because I tried to install boost mainly to use your
regex
> package. The boost install failed, but I eventually found the
makefiles in
> the regex build subdir and built the package using those, which worked
fine.
> I'm emailing you because I couldn't face dealing with the boost
mailing list
> to report this issue, as I don't have a lot of time to spend on it,
and from
> the website I couldn't identify anyone with primary responsibility for
> installation issues. Perhaps you'd be kind enough to forward this to
someone
> in the boost community who might care. Sorry for any inconvenience.
>
> Briefly, installing boost failed catastrophically on my
win2k/msvc6/stlport
> installation. The command line used and (some of the) output is
attached. A
> quick glance make it seem that:
>
> - jam is calling vcvars32.bat even though I've already run it and my
build
> env is set up fine, as requested in the install docs.
>
> - it's choking on the CL command which has spaces (C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\...) in the path as used. However, I
don't see
> why the full path to the compiler is being used, when vcvars32.bat
puts the
> compiler in the path precisely so it can be called just as "cl".
>
> My deepest apologies if I'm doing something stupid, but if I am,
perhaps the
> build documentation should be elaborated to account for idiots like
me...
> Boost looks like a fantastic project, and I'd love to use it, but I'm
afraid
> it's a little inaccessible right now (at least for windows users?).
>
> Anyway, regards and thanks.
> -David Mechner
>