newbie has problems with JAMBASE / BOOST_ROOT / BOOST_BUILD_PATH

From: Peter Steiner (peter.steiner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-08 03:02:17

I recently started testing jam for using it apart from boost (for an
internal multi compiler project). After the following mail i got the CVS
snapshot of boost.build for further tests.

On Mon, 6 May 2002 12:58:38 -0500, David Abrahams wrote on boost_at_[hidden]:

[skip]

> It would be a really good idea to run all the tests again after rebuilding
> Jam from the current CVS. That goes for anyone else out there who is using
> Jam, too. The Boost.Build team has been making some stability/usability
> fixes that we hope will cut down on the support volume for 1.28, and we'd
> really like to hear about any issues *before* the release goes out.

> -Dave

Here I go:

According to build_system.htm (from 2002-03-29) jam.exe should
understand environment variables JAMBASE / BOOST_ROOT /
BOOST_BUILD_PATH. I have installed jam.exe in c:\l\jam and the jamfiles
from cvs in c:\l\jam\tools\build. Then I tried the following settings:

/1/ set BOOST_ROOT=c:\l\jam
/2/ set BOOST_BUILD_PATH=c:\l\jam\tools\build
/3/ set BOOST_BUILD_PATH=c:\l\jam\tools\build\new
/4/ set JAMBASE=c:\l\jam\tools\build\new\build-system.jam
/5/ set JAMBASE=c:\l\jam\tools\build\build-base.jam
/6/ set JAMBASE=c:\l\jam\tools\build (with build-base.jam copied to jambase.jam)

Of this configurations only /1/ works, and this only after I have placed
boost-build.jam into c:\l\jam. All other settings let jam complain that
JAM_TOOLSET is not set.

Did I misunderstand something or is build_system.htm outdated?

Regards

Peter
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