Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost conversion

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost conversion
From: Daniel Pfeifer (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-14 12:04:57

2012/12/14 Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:
> boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Beman
> > Dawes
> > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 4:03 PM
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost
> conversion
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > > On 12/7/2012 11:44 AM, Oliver Kowalke wrote:
> >
> > >> Do I have to clone an additional submodule (which is not mentioned in
> > >> the docu)?
> > >
> > > Beman's docs appear to lack instructions for how to clone the
> > > super-project and initialize the sub-modules. That would be a nice
> > > addition. I don't know the steps and can't find them ATM, but I know
> > > it's documented *somewhere*. Beman?
> >
> > Just added: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost
>
> I've tried to carry out these instructions but changing the names and
> files a tiny bit
> (Windows 7)
>
>  but I've stumbled at the test run stage with
>
> thrice_test.cpp
> thrice_test.cpp(1) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file:
> 'boost/trivial/twice.hpp': No such
>  file or directory
>
> but it is here
>
> I:\boost-trunk\libs\trivial\include\boost\trivial\thrice.hpp
>

thrice != twice! Is that a typo in your email or in your code?

> I *think* I've got the directory structure right, and I created a symbolic
> link that looks
> promising:
>
> I:\boost-trunk\boost>mklink /d trivial
> ..\libs\trivial\include\boost\trivial
>

So you tried to create the symlinks manually...
If you followed the documentation, you should have called this instead:

cmake -P forward_headers.cmake

symbolic link created for trivial <<===>>
> ..\libs\trivial\include\boost\trivial
>
>   dir \trivial
>
> doesn't find anything.
>
> While I do some homework on symbolic links, any suggestions on where I
> have blundered?
>
> Paul
>
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