Re: [jamboost] newbie has problems with JAMBASE / BOOST_ROOT / BOOST_BUILD_PATH

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-08 06:43:03

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Steiner" <peter.steiner_at_[hidden]>

> /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 Did I misunderstand something or is build_system.htm outdated?

build_system.htm is *definitely* outdated.
I aim to update it before the next Boost release.