Re: [Boost-build] How to built boost?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to built boost?
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-22 02:10:58

On Sunday, November 21, 2010 14:57:41 Вячеслав Блинников wrote:
> Hello. I cannnot build the boost library. Part of it which are not
> require .cpp file ("lexical_cast") works well and I use it already.
> But "serialization" part usage failed ("1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104:
> cannot open file 'libboost_serialization-vc100-mt-gd-1_45.lib'");
> I did:
>        - downloaded bjam.exe
> 
>        - downloaded boost-build and unzipped it to C:\boost-build
> 
>        - downloaded boost_1_45_0 and unzipped it to C:\boost_1_45_0
> 
>        - issued commands like "bjam.exe --toolset=msvc
> --prefix=C:\boost_1_45_0 --build-type=complete
> --build-dir="C:\boost_build" --stagedir=C:\boost_build stage"
>                           result after 5 seconds lag:
> 
> C:/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build\configure.jam:145: in builds-raw
>                                     *** argument error
>                                     * rule UPDATE_NOW ( targets * :
> log ? : ignore-minus-n ? )
>                                     * called with: (
> <pC:\boost_build\boost\bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-10.0\debug\
>                                     threading-multi>has_icu.exe
> <pC:\boost_build\boost\bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-
> 
> 10.0\debug\threading-multi>has_icu.pdb :  : ignore-minus-n :
> ignore-minus-q )
>                                     * extra argument ignore-minus-q
>                                     (builtin):see definition of rule
> 'UPDATE_NOW' being called
> 
> C:/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build\configure.jam:179: in
> configure.builds
> 
> C:/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build\configure.jam:216: in
> object(check-target-b
>                                     uilds-worker)@409.check
>                                     ...............
> 
> C:/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build\targets.jam:848: in
> targets.generate-from-r
>                                     eference
> 
> C:/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build\targets.jam:1217: in
> generate-dependencies
> 
> C:/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build\targets.jam:1268: in
> alias-target-class.gen
>                                     erate
>                                     Jamroot:648: in build-multiple
> 
> Result: I don't have any .lib files.
> What did I wrong?

Well, you have not read the documentation on building ;-)
You only have to:

1. Unpack boost
2. Run ".\bootstrap.bat"
3. Run ".\bjam.exe", optionally adding your --prefix and --build-dir and
--build-type options.

- Volodya

-- 
Vladimir Prus
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