Re: [Boost-build] Running "./configure" causes hang; no "./configure" works

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-27 18:50:33

Matt England wrote:
> 
> In line number 33 of:
> 
> http://svn.cleversafe.org/moxie/trunk/thirdparty-builder/scripts/boost.sh
> 
> the "./configure" is commented out.  We find that if we don't comment 
> this out that are resulting boost-based binaries (those that link the 
> boost libs) "hang."  By commenting it out, we get our boost binaries to 
> work.
> 
> How might we fix things such that we can consistently run ./configure 
> (and therefore check our build environment properly...or so that's my 
> understanding of what ./configure does in this context)?

The 'configure' script in Boost only sets up a default set of bjam 
invocations equivalent to running bjam manually. It is meant for people 
who kept asking for 'configure && make && make install' procedure.

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