Re: [boost] [1.56] Sorry but no PDF doc build (build script has been broken)

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.56] Sorry but no PDF doc build (build script has been broken)
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-10 17:59:45

On 8/10/2014 1:25 PM, John Maddock wrote:
> Sorry folks, but as things stand there will be no PDF build of the docs
> for 1.56 as the build script appears to be hopelessly broken :-(
>
> Each time I fix one Boost.Build error it just leads to another, and
> frankly at present I have neither time nor inclination to keep tracking
> these down.  If anyone wants to experience some pain then trying to
> invoke bjam in /doc/pdf/ will give you an idea of some of the issues.

You mean :

> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/tools\boostbook.jam:704: in construct from module object(boostbook-target-class)@5223
> error: Cannot build documentation type 'pdf'.
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:1332: in class_at_basic-target.generate from module object(boostbook-target-class)@5223
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:757: in generate-really from module object(main-target)@5224
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:729: in class_at_main-target.generate from module object(main-target)@5224
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:874: in targets.generate-from-reference from module targets
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:1245: in generate-dependencies from module object(install-target-class)@1987
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:1302: in class_at_basic-target.generate from module object(install-target-class)@1987
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:757: in generate-really from module object(main-target)@2030
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:729: in class_at_main-target.generate from module object(main-target)@2030
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src/build\targets.jam:272: in class_at_project-target.generate from module object(project-target)@1976
> C:/Programming/VersionControl/modular-boost/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:707: in load from module build-system
> C:\Programming\VersionControl\modular-boost\tools\build\src/kernel\modules.jam:289: in import from module modules
> C:\Programming\VersionControl\modular-boost\tools\build\src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139: in boost-build from module
> C:\Programming\VersionControl\modular-boost\boost-build.jam:17: in module scope from module

I would ask the Boost Build mavens on their mailing list. They rarely 
answer me <g> but I'll bet they will answer you.