Re: [Boost-build] Target alternatives problem

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Target alternatives problem
From: Alexander Sack (pisymbol_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-19 17:39:02

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Ian Emmons <iemmons_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I have a pre-built library that I am trying to declare in site-config.jam,
> but I am having problems.  The <search> feature for the library varies
> depending on the toolset, so I am using target alternatives for the
> declaration.  The three target alternatives are shown below.
>
> My jam file has a lib target with "/site-config//BerkeleyDB" in its list of
> sources.  When I build it with the command line "bjam toolset=msvc-9.0
> address-model=64 variant=debug", I get the following output:
>
>   error: No best alternative for /BerkeleyDB
>       next alternative: required properties: <toolset>msvc-9.0
>           not matched
>       next alternative: required properties: <toolset>msvc-8.0
>           not matched
>       next alternative: required properties: <toolset>msvc-7.1
>           not matched
>   ...found 192 targets...
>   ...updating 44 targets...
>
> Why doesn't boost.build find a match?  Is it significant that my lib target
> specifies "/site-config//BerkeleyDB", but the error message complains about
> just "/BerkeleyDB"?  I am using bjam 03.1.17 and the version of boost.build
> that comes with Boost libraries 1.37.0.  My user-config.jam is also shown
> below.  Any help you might have is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
>
>
> ============== site-config.jam =================
>
> project site-config ;
>
> path-constant BdbDir : "D:/dev/KB/lib/bdb" ;
> constant BdbVersion : 47 ;
>
> searched-lib BerkeleyDB
>   :  # no sources
>   :  <toolset>msvc-9.0
>      <variant>debug:<name>libdb$(BdbVersion)d
>      <variant>release:<name>libdb$(BdbVersion)
>      <address-model>64:<search>"$(BdbDir)/lib/x64-vs2008"
>      <address-model>32:<search>"$(BdbDir)/lib/Win32-vs2008"
>   :  # no default build
>   :  <include>"$(BdbDir)/include"
>   ;
>
> searched-lib BerkeleyDB
>   :  # no sources
>   :  <toolset>msvc-8.0
>      <variant>debug:<name>libdb$(BdbVersion)d
>      <variant>release:<name>libdb$(BdbVersion)
>      <address-model>64:<search>"$(BdbDir)/lib/x64-vs2005"
>      <address-model>32:<search>"$(BdbDir)/lib/Win32-vs2005"
>   :  # no default build
>   :  <include>"$(BdbDir)/include"
>   ;
>
> searched-lib BerkeleyDB
>   :  # no sources
>   :  <toolset>msvc-7.1
>      <variant>debug:<name>libdb$(BdbVersion)d
>      <variant>release:<name>libdb$(BdbVersion)
>      <address-model>32:<search>"$(BdbDir)/lib/Win32-vs2003"
>   :  # no default build
>   :  <include>"$(BdbDir)/include"
>   ;
>
>
> ================ user-config.jam ======================
>
> using msvc : 9.0 ;
> using msvc : 8.0 ;
> using msvc : 7.1 ;
>
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Ian what is your PATH layout of your project?  Have you tried playing
with giving the correct path to your site-config.jam file?

-aps