Re: [boost] Bjam outside Boost tree

Subject: Re: [boost] Bjam outside Boost tree
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-04 18:33:30

Sorry I don't read the complete mail. More below

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vicente.botet" <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] Bjam outside Boost tree

> 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  ]
>>        ;
>> }
>> 

have you tried the BOOST_ROOT absolute path instead of a relative one,  here

     [ run test.cpp  ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor  ]

?