Re: [Boost-build] Trouble building Boost 1.40.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Trouble building Boost 1.40.0
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-14 14:21:18

AMDG

Ian Emmons wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer, that helps.  A few items of note and further 
> issues:
>
> (1) On Windows (with MSVC 7.1, 8, and 9), a nearly identical build 
> command, without the layout option, works just fine.

The default on Windows is --layout=versioned.

> (2) According to bjam --help (run from the Boost directory), 
> "versioned" is the default layout.  Apparently this is just a 
> documentation error, though, because when I specified "versioned" 
> explicitly, the error I had went away on both Linux and Macintosh.
>
> (3) On Linux, all is now well.
>
> (4) On Macintosh, your suggestion solves my original error, but gives 
> me new trouble because I'm trying to create universal binaries under 
> Snow Leopard.  But since I see another thread that covers that issue, 
> there is no need to rehash it here.
>
> So, bottom line:  There is a minor documentation bug in the text 
> emitted by "bjam --help" regarding the default for the --layout option.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe