[Boost-build] question re V2

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-10 23:35:22

in the directory .../libs/serialization/test I have a file Jamfile.v2 which 
is used for testing the serialization system.  I"m pretty sure it works as 
it is used for testing the library with boost 1.34

It is common and convenient for me to run just the serialization library 
tests.  In V1 I've used:

bjam --dump-test -sTOOLS=$1 test

which included in runtest.ksh.  I would like to be able to do the equivalent 
with V2 and from reading the v2 documentation I expect the command to be 
something like:

bjam --v2 toolset=msvc

I've tried several variations like

bjam --v2 toolset=msvc test
bjam --v2 --dump-test toolset=msvc
bjam --v2 --dump-test toolset=msvc test

etc.  But I get what to me is a cryptic message:

warning: Python location is not configured
warning: the Boost.Python library won't be built
Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled.
Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information
(and if you don't know what ICU is then you probably don't need it).
..\..\..\Jamfile.v2:239: in Jamfile</C:/BoostHead>.tag
rule stage.add-variant-and-compiler unknown in module 
Jamfile</C:/BoostHead>.
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/kernel\modules.jam:66: in modules.call-in
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/util\indirect.jam:82: in indirect.call
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\virtual-target.jam:427: in _adjust-name
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\virtual-target.jam:215: in 
abstract-file-targe
t.__init__
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\virtual-target.jam:520: in 
object(file-target)
@2229.__init__
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/kernel\class.jam:93: in class.new
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:441: in generated-targets
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:370: in construct-result
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:328: in run-really
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:299: in generator.run
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/tools\builtin.jam:863: in 
object(archive-generator)@
37.run
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:823: in 
try-one-generator-reall
y
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:876: in try-one-generator
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:1084: in construct-really
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:1160: in 
generators.construct
C:/BoostHead/tools/build/v2/tools\builtin.jam:490: in 
object(lib-generator)@5.ru

What should I be doing here?

Robert Ramey