[Boost-build] Unable to run sandbox tests in own directory

Subject: [Boost-build] Unable to run sandbox tests in own directory
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-29 18:17:51

Using the jamfiles in the 'example' sandbox directory structure I 
attempted to setup my variadic_macro_data library so that executing bjam 
with the command-line option of --boost=/path/to/boost/distribution 
would allow me to test my source files without having to move the 
variadic_macro_data library under a Boost distribution ( such as the 
Boost trunk under SVN ).

But this failed as a header file in the Boost distribution could not be 
found, even though clearly it is there ( #include <boost/config.hpp> ).

The top level project-root.jam is exactly the same as the one for 
'example'. The top-level jamfile.v2 is exactly the same as the one for 
'example' except I put my own library's name as the project name:

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project variadic_macro_data
     : requirements
         <include>.
         <include>$(boost-root)
     :
         build-dir bin.v2
     ;

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My test jamfile is:

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import testing ;
project variadic_macro_data_tests : requirements <warnings>on
 
<toolset>gcc-4.4.0:<warnings>all
 
<toolset>gcc-4.4.0:<cxxflags>-Wno-variadic-macros
 
<toolset>gcc-4.5.0:<warnings>all
 
<toolset>gcc-4.5.0:<cxxflags>-Wno-variadic-macros
 
<toolset>gcc-4.5.0:<linkflags>"-Wl,--enable-auto-import"
 
<toolset>msvc:<warnings>all
                                                  ;
test-suite variadic_macro_data_test_suite
     :
         [ run TestData.cpp ]
         [ run TestDataAsTuple.cpp ]
         [ run TestDataAsArray.cpp ]
         [ run TestDataAsList.cpp ]
         [ run TestDataAsSequence.cpp ]
     ;

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When I go to the directory with my test jamfile and execute:

bjam --boost=C:/Programming/VersionControl/boost toolset=msvc-10.0

I get errors in the compile that shows that my own header files in the 
sandbox/variadic_macro_data/boost/variadic_macro_data are being found 
but the header files under C:/Programming/VersionControl/boost 
directory, where my SVN trunk of the latest Boost resides, are not.

So somehow this whole technique, as ilustrated with the 'example' 
sandbox library does not work. But I have no idea why.

is there any way to find out why this is failing ?
Does bjam have to be rebuilt somehow, and if so, how do I do so under 
Windows ?

If I go to the 'example' test directory and try the above 'bjam' line 
things get even worse, with the output:

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C:\Programming\VersionControl\sandbox\example\libs\example\test>bjam 
--boost=C:/
Programming/VersionControl/boost toolset=msvc-10.0
Jamfile.v2:17: in modules.load
rule compile-fail unknown in module 
Jamfile</C:/Programming/VersionControl/sandb
ox/example/libs/example/test>.
C:/Programming/VersionControl/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:314: in 
loa
d-jamfile
C:/Programming/VersionControl/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:62: 
in load

C:/Programming/VersionControl/boost/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:168: in 
pro
ject.find
C:/Programming/VersionControl/boost/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:569: 
in load

C:\Programming\VersionControl\boost\tools\build\v2/kernel\modules.jam:283: 
in im
port
C:\Programming\VersionControl\boost\tools\build\v2\kernel\bootstrap.jam:142: 
in
boost-build
C:\Programming\VersionControl\sandbox\boost-build.jam:66: in module scope

C:\Programming\VersionControl\sandbox\example\libs\example\test>

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Any help would be welcome.