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

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-13 21:38:16

thanks again... some additional stuff embedded
At Wednesday 2003-08-13 18:34, you wrote:
>"Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > I finally had some time to try this out ... the .zip flavor:
> > and came away confused
> > =========
> > 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...
>
>Yeah, I just posted about this on the jamboost list.  You probably
>ought to be posting there.

sure thing... how do I sign up?

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>I think version 1.6 of tools/build/tools/boostbook.jam fixes this
>problem, though it's tagged as being part of Milestone 6 so I can't
>be sure.  It works for me now.

I just got the milestone6 zip...hmmm

> > I'm clueless
> > ============
> > 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??
>
>Err.  No.  You're mixing v2 and v1 invocation styles.  You don't use
>-sTOOLS with v2.

thanks
tried just  bjam --v2 and get the same errors

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