Re: [jamboost] Re: Boost-Build in Windows Doesn't work

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-27 18:04:01

[2003-10-27] chyipin wrote:

>--- In jamboost_at_[hidden], Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_r...> wrote:
>> [2003-10-27] chyipin wrote:
>> 
>> >Retrieving the latest version of boost from 
>> >boost-consulting.com is not working, the cvs process stops after 
>> >retrieving the libs folder (i.e., died while retrieving 
>> >boost/libs/utility/tmpw2001-paper/ )
>> >
>> >I retrieve the latest version of boost from 
>> >cvs.boost.sourceforge.net, but the latest build doesn't work. 
>CALC 
>> >referenced in numbers.jam is unknown. 'calc' doesn't exists on 
>all 
>> >systems (calc also doesn't exist on most versions of unix-type 
>> >OSes). I'm trying to use boost in a windows machine. Please 
>help.
>> >
>> >I can't even get bjam --version to display properly.
>> 
>> Rebuild bjam from the sources you just got.
>> 
>> 
>
>I did rebuild bjam from the sources.

Which sources? What does "bjam -v" say for you?

>What I got now:
>C:\boost> bjam --v2 --version
>error: Boost.Jam version 3.1.5 or later required
>C:\boost\tools\build> bjam --v2 --version
>error: Boost.Jam version 3.1.7 or later required

PS. The CALC mentioned above has nothing to do with Unix. It's a bjam
builting we added last week. Hence the need to use a bjam built from CVS
when using source from CVS.

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