Re: [boost] Boost.Build V2, Milestone 6 released

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-13 18:57:38

I finally had some time to try this out ... the .zip flavor:
and came away confused
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Installation...step 2.
 >>Place the Boost.Jam binary, called "bjam" or "bjam.exe", somewhere in 
your PATH. Verify that correct bjam is being executed by running "bjam 
--version". You should get

       Boost.Build V2 (Milestone N)

not what I get.  bjam starts running and complains about syntax errors... 
even when I get it building boost (V1 by default) it never gives me a version.
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Installation---step 3
 >>Configure toolsets to use. Open new/user-config.jam file and follow 
instructions there to specify what compiles/libraries you have and where 
they are located.

I'm not sure what "instructions" are being referred to here..but I un 
commented the line saying:
using msvc;

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Installation...step 4
 >>You should now be able to go to examples-v2/hello, and run bjam there. A 
simple application will be built. You can also play with other projects in 
examples-v2

C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\hello>bjam
C:/Projects/boost/boost-build/tools\boostbook.jam:86: in boostbook.init
*** argument error
* rule path.make ( native )
* called with: (  )
* missing argument native
C:/Projects/boost/boost-build/new\path.jam:42:see definition of rule 
'path.make' being called
C:/Projects/boost/boost-build/new\toolset.jam:22: in using
C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\../new\user-config.jam:58: in 
modules.load
C:/Projects/boost/boost-build\build-system.jam:55: in load
C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\..\kernel\modules.jam:296: in import
C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\..\kernel\bootstrap.jam:122: in 
boost-build
C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\boost-build.jam:2: in module scope

I'm clueless
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build boost:
C:\Projects\boost>bjam --version --v2 "-sTOOLS=vc7.1"
C:\Projects\boost\tools\build\kernel\modules.jam:203: in normalize-raw-paths
rule NORMALIZE_PATH unknown in module modules.
C:\Projects\boost\tools\build\kernel\modules.jam:252: in import
C:\Projects\boost\tools\build\kernel\bootstrap.jam:50: in boost-build
C:\Projects\boost\boost-build.jam:12: in module scope

Was I supposed to copy more of the files someplace??

At Tuesday 2003-07-22 03:06, you wrote:

>I'm pleased to announce that the next milestone release of Boost.Build V2 is
>available at
>
>     http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/boost/boost-build-2.0-m6.tar.bz2
>     http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/boost/boost-build-2.0-m6.zip
>
>See also
>
>     http://boost.sourceforge.net/boost-build2/
>
>for online docs (a copy is included in distribution). Changes in this release
>are:
>
>     - Segfault on use of RMOLD builtin fixed.
>     - The gcc toolset handles <threading>multi now.
>     - A bug which blocked update of certain targets was fixed.
>     - BoostBook support was improved.
>     - Boost.Build bootstrapping was improved.
>     - A bug which caused wrong suffix to be used when linking
>       to prebuilt targets was fixed.
>     - A bug which prevented free features, like "define" from
>       being specified in user-defined build variants was fixed.
>     - Detection of loops in main target references was added.
>     - Bug with ":" symbol in properties was fixed.
>     - Bug which caused inline targets to be confused with top-level
>       ones of the same name was fixed.
>
>Since some bugs are important, all users are advised to upgrade.
>
>- Volodya
>
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