Re: [jamboost] Re: bjam outside boost tree

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-19 17:42:57

"Mark" <mcoletti_at_[hidden]> writes:

> --- In jamboost_at_y..., "Achim Domma" <achim.domma_at_s...> wrote:
> [...]
>> bjam complains that boost-build.jam could not be found. [...]
>
> You need to set BOOST_BUILD_PATH to the top level Boost directory. 
> For example, mine is set to:
>
> c:\cygwin\usr\local\include\boost_1_29_0\

Actually the correct fix is to drop a file called boost-build.jam in
the root of your project tree. See the "initialization" section of
http://www.boost.org/tools/build/architecture.html for details of what
this should contain.

-Dave

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