Re: [Boost-build] boost.build outside the boost directory

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-24 07:07:23

Darren Garvey skrev:
[snip]
> 
> I had what might be a similar problem recently (brought up on IRC). I 
> never got around to tracking the problem down, but I did notice two things:
> 
> * If you copy your directories into the boost tree, the error goes away.
> * If you delete the Jamfile.v2 from the base directory, the error goes 
> away. Note that I was using the version of Jamfile.v2 that comes from 
> the boost document root (verified).
> 
> I hope this info isn't *completely* irrelevant.

I tried deleting the Jamroot in the parent directory. In that case I get:

error: Could not find parent for project at '.'
error: Did not find Jamfile or project-root.jam in any parent directory.

I also tried compiling with gcc, but that gives the same error as with msvc.

-Thorsten