Re: [jamboost] Re: Instalation instructions

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-28 01:24:23

Hi Zbynek,

> >>Consulting the documentation says that the same procedure should work
> >>for both CVS and release. So I downloaded milestone 9.1 and steps 1-4
> >>are fine. Maybe there should be noted that you only get the expected
> >>output when you run "bjam --version" in a v2 subdirectory? It is not
> >>obvious that the build system directory has to be found even for such a
> >>thing as displaying version information.
> >
> > I think you're right. I'll update the docs accordingly tomorrow.
>
> Thanks, that'd be great. BTW: You guys did a really good job with the
> documentations since I last looked ;). It's been quite easy to follow so
> far.

Thanks!

> Continuing with the tutorial I get this output:
>
> c:\boost-build\example\hello>bjam
> ...found 10 targets...
> ...updating 6 targets...
> MkDir1 bin
> MkDir1 bin\msvc
> MkDir1 bin\msvc\debug
> msvc.compile.c++ bin\msvc\debug\hello.obj
> hello.cpp
> warning: using independent target <./msvc/debug>hello.rsp
> msvc.link bin\msvc\debug\hello.exe bin\msvc\debug\hello.rsp
> ...updated 6 targets...
>
> Is there a way to get rid off that warning? What does it say anyway?

We'll get rid of this warning by the next release. What it say is "the 
hello.rsp target is not used anywhere". Why this warning is usefull? Ehmm... 
I don't think it usefull at all. It just sneaked into M10 accidentally.

- Volodya