Re: [Boost-docs] Running boost book

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] Running boost book
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-25 08:43:57

> OK - I've dropped back to punt.
>
> I've carefully followed the instructions in 
> http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/doc/html/boostbook/getting/started.html 
> and tried to run the suggested test of building the documenation for boost 
> function.
>
> The documentation instructs one to add the following to his 
> user-config.jam file
>
> #  BoostBook configuration
> using boostbook
>  : DOCBOOK_XSL_DIR
>  : DOCBOOK_DTD_DIR
>  ;
> which didn't work for me so I used
> #  BoostBook configuration
> using boostbook
>  : "c:/docbook/xsl"
>  : "c:/docbook/dtd"  ;

BTW the best documentation for this is currently: 
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BoostDocs/GettingStarted

> xslt-xsltproc.windows 
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\function\doc\msvc-9.0\debug\function.
> docbook
> runtime error
> unregistered variable uppercase-letters
> xmlXPathCompOpEval: parameter error
> runtime error
> unregistered variable uppercase-letters
> xmlXPathCompOpEval: parameter error
> runtime error
> unregistered variable uppercase-letters
> xmlXPathCompOpEval: parameter error
> runtime error
> unregistered variable uppercase-letters
> xmlXPathCompOpEval: parameter error
> runtime error
> unregistered variable uppercase-letters
> xmlXPathCompOpEval: parameter error
> runtime error
>
> Anyone care make a suggestion?

Looks like the xsltproc installation is hosed, the only info I could find on 
these messages is here: http://lists.boost.org/boost-docs/2009/09/3897.php

HTH, John.