Re: [Boost-build] Bjam newbie - questions.

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-17 05:07:48

Hi Claudio,

> I'm attaching the project files here, just in case you or someone else want
> to take a look and make it work. Having this solved will help me and
> perhaps many more adopt bjam, as doing what I’ve trying exercises and
> solves most common build operations.

I think we can walk over problem you have and solve them one-by-one. 

When I just try to build your testcase on Linux, I get this:

  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_unit_test_framework-mt-gd

That's because your definitions for boost test do not specify the paths where 
the library is to be found. Yes another issue is that standard Boost build 
does not create "-gd" targets on Linux, I get just "-d". I've changed your 
test/Jamfile to read:

  lib boost_unit_test : : <name>boost_unit_test_framework-mt-d <variant>debug
        <search>/home/ghost/Work/boost-rc/stage/lib ;
  lib boost_unit_test : : <name>boost_unit_test_framework-mt <variant>release
        <search>/home/ghost/Work/boost-rc/stage/lib ;

After that, I've run into a small bug -- the "unit-test" rule does not 
property set run-time library search paths. The bug is now fixed, and you can 
get the fixed version from CVS, or at:

   http://boost.org/boost-build2/boost-build.zip

(though the latter is painfully slow at the moment).

If you report further issues, or you had different issue to begin with, I'll 
take another look.

Thanks for your patience,
Volodya