Re: [jamboost] Fwd: problem building boost

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-07 06:24:01

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toon Knapen" <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]>

> This morning I tried to build boost (using the jam exec I've put on the
web
> last week) and it fails to build. Changing the boost-build.jam in the
> top-directory to make jam look for the other boost-build.jam in
> tools/build/new instead of just tools/build gets it going but nothing
happens
> ?

...which is a good reason not to do that ;-)

> With a recompiled jam (from tools/build/jam_src) it seems to work though.
>
> So I guess I'll have to provide ASAP new prebuilt exec's as backward
> compatibility seems to be broken ?

Yes, though you might want to wait for things to settle down a little (like
when we branch for release) first. Instead you could post a message to the
list that people using the CVS will need to recompile their own jams until
then.

-Dave