How to I set up setting up BJam?

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-22 01:50:22

[I originally posted this on the Install list.]

This is really more of an UNIX & Mac OS X question.

I'm trying out an already-built executable of BJam on my Mac OS X 
10.2.6 system. I want to define BOOST_ROOT, etc., so the Jamfiles can 
see them. However, I can't get my shell (bash) to read the information 
off a dotfile when I open a terminal window. (I can get it to work 
when I enter stuff manually.) The system reads the additions of my 
PATH variable just fine, though. Do I need to do a total reboot (I've 
logged out and back in, but not rebooted), or am I writing the 
exporting commands wrong, or am I using the wrong dotfiles? (I used to 
remember UNIX so well....)

BJam gives a warning about the Python shell variables not being 
defined. The suggested values are within a framework. Are there 
copies of the Python headers in the conventional spots I can use 
instead?

Daryle