Re: [boost] Bjam outside Boost tree

Subject: Re: [boost] Bjam outside Boost tree
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-04 18:21:39

Hi,
If I'm not wrong you need to add \tools\build\v2 on the BOOST_BUILD_PATH setting

BOOST_BUILD_PATH="C:\Users\JLL\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\boost_1_40_0\tools\build\v2"

Do you have a Jamroot.jam file on your project directory?

Vicente
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean-Louis Leroy" <jl_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] Bjam outside Boost tree

>
>> Maybe if you show what kind of errors do you get could help.
>> Could you give the values of BOOST_BUILD_PATH and BOOST_ROOT ?
> 
> Thanks. Everything is below. I think I am getting closer: maybe it's the 
> way I refer to the test monitor: ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor
> 
> I gues I should put a bjam variable there...
> 
> J-L
> 
> >cd
> C:\Users\JLL\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\rdb.hg
> 
> >set B
> Environment variable B not defined
> 
> >tree
> C:.
> ├───boost
> │   └───rdb
> │       └───sql
> │           └───detail
> └───libs
>     └───rdb
>         ├───build
>         ├───doc
>         │   └───templates
>         ├───msvc
>         │   ├───examples
>         │   ├───odbc
>         │   ├───rdb
>         │   ├───test_odbc
>         │   ├───test_rdb
>         │   └───tutorial
>         ├───src
>         └───test
> 
> My boost tree is at:
> C:\Users\JLL\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\boost_1_40_0
> 
> For the first attempt: no Jamfile in the root of my tree.
> 
> >cd libs\rdb\test
> >bjam
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"
> 
> >bjam --build-path "C:\Users\JLL\Documents\Visual Studio 
> 2008\Projects\boost_1_40_0"
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"
> 
> 
> 
> >set BOOST_BUILD_PATH="C:\Users\JLL\Documents\Visual Studio 
> 2008\Projects\boost_1_40_0"
> 
> >bjam
> error: Could not find parent for project at '.'
> error: Did not find Jamfile.jam or Jamroot.jam in any parent directory.
> 
> >copy ..\..\..\..\boost_1_40_0\Jamroot "C:\Users\JLL\Documents\Visual 
> Studio 2008\Projects\rdb.hg"
>         1 file(s) copied.
> 
> >bjam
> warning: No toolsets are configured.
> warning: Configuring default toolset "msvc".
> warning: If the default is wrong, your build may not work correctly.
> warning: Use the "toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess.
> warning: For more configuration options, please consult
> warning: 
> http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/configuration.html
> error: Unable to find file or target named
> error:     '../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor'
> error: referred from project at
> error:     '.'
> 
> >type Jamfile.v2
> # bring in rules for testing
> import testing ;
> 
> project
>     : requirements
>     <library>../build//boost_rdb
>     <link>static
>     ;
> {
>    test-suite "rdb"
>         :
>         [ run test.cpp  ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor  ]
>        ;
> }
> 
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