Re: Boost.Build V2, Milestone 6 released

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-13 20:34:23

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel as well.

"Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I finally had some time to try this out ... the .zip flavor:
> and came away confused
> =========
> Installation...step 2.
> >>Place the Boost.Jam binary, called "bjam" or "bjam.exe", somewhere
> in your PATH. Verify that correct bjam is being executed by running
> "bjam --version". You should get
>
> Boost.Build V2 (Milestone N)
>
> not what I get. bjam starts running and complains about syntax
> errors... 

Yeah, I just posted about this on the jamboost list. You probably
ought to be posting there.

> even when I get it building boost (V1 by default) it never
> gives me a version.
> ============
> Installation---step 3
> >>Configure toolsets to use. Open new/user-config.jam file and follow
> instructions there to specify what compiles/libraries you have and
> where they are located.
>
> I'm not sure what "instructions" are being referred to here..

Likewise. Those instructions need to be written

> but I un commented the line saying: using msvc;
>
> ============
> Installation...step 4
> >>You should now be able to go to examples-v2/hello, and run bjam
> there. A simple application will be built. You can also play with
> other projects in examples-v2
>
> C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\hello>bjam
> C:/Projects/boost/boost-build/tools\boostbook.jam:86: in boostbook.init
> *** argument error
> * rule path.make ( native )
> * called with: ( )
> * missing argument native
> C:/Projects/boost/boost-build/new\path.jam:42:see definition of rule
> path.make' being called
> C:/Projects/boost/boost-build/new\toolset.jam:22: in using
> C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\../new\user-config.jam:58:
> in modules.load
> C:/Projects/boost/boost-build\build-system.jam:55: in load
> C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\..\kernel\modules.jam:296: in import
> C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\..\kernel\bootstrap.jam:122:
> in boost-build
> C:\Projects\boost\boost-build\examples-v2\boost-build.jam:2: in module scope

I think version 1.6 of tools/build/tools/boostbook.jam fixes this
problem, though it's tagged as being part of Milestone 6 so I can't
be sure. It works for me now.

> I'm clueless
> ============
> build boost:
> C:\Projects\boost>bjam --version --v2 "-sTOOLS=vc7.1"
> C:\Projects\boost\tools\build\kernel\modules.jam:203: in normalize-raw-paths
> rule NORMALIZE_PATH unknown in module modules.
> C:\Projects\boost\tools\build\kernel\modules.jam:252: in import
> C:\Projects\boost\tools\build\kernel\bootstrap.jam:50: in boost-build
> C:\Projects\boost\boost-build.jam:12: in module scope
>
> Was I supposed to copy more of the files someplace??

Err. No. You're mixing v2 and v1 invocation styles. You don't use
-sTOOLS with v2.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com