Re: [boost] [review] Review of PolyCollection starts today (May 3rd)

Subject: Re: [boost] [review] Review of PolyCollection starts today (May 3rd)
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-10 21:46:18

On 5/10/2017 5:01 PM, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Ion Gaztañaga via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> The library can be found here:
>> ...
>>    https://github.com/joaquintides/poly_collection
> 
> The documentation looks beautiful and I was excited by the positive
> review comments so I thought I would have a look. Unfortunately, I ran
> into considerable difficulty trying to actually build the example and
> poke around. There are no instructions on how to build that I could
> find in the repository or the documentation.
> 
> First I tried cloning the repository and building:
> 
> $ cd ~/src
> $ git clone git_at_[hidden]:joaquintides/poly_collection
> $ cd poly_collection/example
> $ b2
> 
> Produced this output:
> C:/Users/vinnie/lib/boost_1_64_0/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:111:
> in load-parent from module project
> error: Could not find parent for project at '.'
> error: Did not find Jamfile.jam or Jamroot.jam in any parent directory.
> C:/Users/vinnie/lib/boost_1_64_0/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:464:
> in initialize from module project
> C:/Users/vinnie/lib/boost_1_64_0/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:306:
> in load-jamfile from module project
> C:/Users/vinnie/lib/boost_1_64_0/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:64:
> in load from module project
> C:/Users/vinnie/lib/boost_1_64_0/tools/build/src/build\project.jam:145:
> in project.find from module project
> C:/Users/vinnie/lib/boost_1_64_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:535:
> in load from module build-system
> C:\Users\vinnie\lib\boost_1_64_0\tools\build\src/kernel\modules.jam:295:
> in import from module modules
> C:\Users\vinnie\lib\boost_1_64_0\tools\build\src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139:
> in boost-build from module
> C:\Users\vinnie\lib\boost_1_64_0\boost-build.jam:17: in module scope from module
> 
> Now I remember some jibber jabber about putting projects in the live
> Boost directory (a practice which I am not fond of). In the interest
> of moving forward I tried it.
> 
> $ cd ~/lib/boost_1_64_0
> $ git clone git_at_[hidden]:joaquintides/poly_collection
> $ cd poly_collection/example
> $ b2
> 
> It got a little farther this time but still does not build:
> 
> Performing configuration checks
> 
>      - 32-bit                   : yes (cached)
>      - arm                      : no  (cached)
>      - mips1                    : no  (cached)
>      - power                    : no  (cached)
>      - sparc                    : no  (cached)
>      - x86                      : yes (cached)
> ...patience...
> ...found 1033 targets...
> ...updating 23 targets...
> compile-c-c++ ..\..\bin.v2\poly_collection\example\msvc-14.1\debug\threading-multi\algorithms.obj
> algorithms.cpp
> algorithms.cpp(12): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file:
> 'boost/poly_collection/algorithm.hpp': No such file or directory

1) Clone beneath the 'your_boost_tree_root/libs' directory
2) run 'b2 headers' from 'your_boost_tree_root' after you clone

> 
> Did I mention I am using Microsoft Visual Studio on Windows?
> 
> Full disclosure, I have had this problem twice before when trying to
> review libraries. In the past I have simply given up. But I want to
> contribute something back since my own library will be reviewed soon.
> 
> Regards