[boost] MSVC 6 build problem

From: Adrian Michel (michel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-05 01:04:17

Hi,

I am a newbie to boost, and I don't know if this issue has been addressed.

I am trying to build the boost libraries on a Win2k machine with MSVC++ 6
installed, so I downloaded bjam, added it to the path, added the boost
libraries path to the include path and started the build with the command
"bjam -sTOOLS=msvc", and here is what I am getting:

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D:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Desktop\dev\boost_1_30_0>bjam -sTOOLS=msvc
---------------------------------------------------------------------
skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or incorrect
configuration

couldn't find Python.h in "/usr/include"

You can configure the location of your python installation by setting:
PYTHON_ROOT    - currently "/usr"
PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version number (e.g.
                 "2.2", NOT "2.2.1")  - currently "2.2"

The following are automatically configured from PYTHON_ROOT if not
otherwise set:

    PYTHON_LIB_PATH       - path to Python library object; currently
                          "/usr/libs"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
...found 2178 targets...
...updating 364 targets...
vc-C++
libs\regex\build\bin\libboost_regex.lib\msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\c_re
gex_traits.obj
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.

    CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin\VCVARS32.BAT"
>nul
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin\cl"
 /Zm800 -nologo -GX -c  -DBOOST_REGEX_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_REGEX_
STATIC_LINK=1  /Z7 /Od /Ob0 /GX /GR
MDd   -I"libs\regex\build"  -I"D:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Desktop\dev\
boost_1_30_0"   -Fo"libs\regex\build\bin\libboost_regex.lib\msvc\debug\runti
me-link-dynamic\c_regex_traits.obj"  -Tp"lib
s\regex\build\../src\c_regex_traits.cpp"

...failed vc-C++
libs\regex\build\bin\libboost_regex.lib\msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\c_re
gex_traits.obj...
vc-C++
libs\regex\build\bin\libboost_regex.lib\msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\c_re
gex_traits_common.obj
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.

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and many more like this. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,

Adrian