[Boost-build] how to get started with boost-build and boost libraries

From: Dmitry Teslenko (dteslenko_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-16 04:41:51

Hello!
I'm new to boost-build and I want to use it in a project which making
use of some of the boost libraries.

I've been looking through boost-build and boost tutorials, googled for
"getting started"s and "best practice"s but could not find answer to
question: which is the easiest way to make binary with boost-build
which links against some of the boost libraries.

The one solution I found is:
BOOST_PATH = ../../../downloads/distributive/boost_1_34_0 ;

project
    : requirements <include>$(BOOST_PATH) <threading>multi
    ;

lib boost-filesystem
        : [ glob $(BOOST_PATH)/libs/filesystem/src/*.cpp ]
        : <link>static
        ;
        
exe boost-test
        : main.cpp boost-filesystem

This works but seems to me bit inconvenient: I'm to write library
target myself. The more obvious and elegant way is to include target
of library (boost libraries are utilizing boost-bouild too). Here's
the way I do it:

BOOST_PATH = ../../../downloads/distributive/boost_1_34_0 ;

exe boost-test
        : main.cpp $(BOOST_PATH)/libs/filesystem/build//boost_filesystem

But bjam says there's error:
..\..\..\downloads\distributive\boost_1_34_0\Jamfile.v2:341: in load-aux
rule path.glob-tree unknown in module Jamfile</D:/downloads/distributive/
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:318: in load-jamf
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:68: in load
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:120: in load-pare
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:447: in initializ
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:301: in load-jamf
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:68: in load
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\project.jam:170: in project.f
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:353: in find-real
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:407: in object(pr
.find
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:855: in resolve-r
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:874: in targets.g
rence
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:1123: in generate
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:1164: in object(t
generate
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:759: in generate-
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:735: in object(ma
nerate
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build/build\targets.jam:252: in object(pr
.generate
D:/downloads/distributive/boost-build\build-system.jam:298: in load
D:\downloads\distributive\boost-build/kernel\modules.jam:261: in import
D:\downloads\distributive\boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-
D:\downloads\distributive\boost-build\boost-build.jam:1: in module scope	

Guide me. please.