Re: [Boost-build] Problems building boost threads lib from another bjam based project

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Problems building boost threads lib from another bjam based project
From: Claus Dræby (cld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-25 15:39:21

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:23:26 +0200
Jurko Gospodnetić <jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>    Hi.
> 
> > use-project xyzzy : xyzzy ;
> > alias json : xyzzy//xyzzy ;
> >
> > alias boost_system : boost_1_49_0//system ;
> > alias boost_thread : boost_1_49_0//thread ;
> > alias boost : boost_thread boost_system ;
> >...
> 
>    I tried to reproduce your problem and your test case is not
> complete enough to run. :-( You did not specify where you are getting
> the boost_1_49_0 project from or anything else you might have in your 
> user-config.jam/site-config.jam/project-config.jam configuration
> files.
> 
>    To get it working I modified your test case as follows:
>      * Attached it to the current Boost trunk (library, Boost Jam & 
> Boost Build used from there).
>      * Added project-config.jam to define standalone configuration
> (no other user-config.jam or site-config.jam were used in my setup -
> you can test this with --debug-configuration).
>      * Configured the contrib/boost.jam module for defining Boost
> targets.
>      * Used msvc 9.0.
>      * Changed your 'boost_1_49_0' name to '/boost' (project defined
> by contrib/boost.jam).
> 
>    The project built correctly, including all the needed Boost
> library targets.
> 
>    You can find the exact project structure packaged in the .zip
> archive attached to this post. Should be runnable 'as is' except for
> the project-config.jam configuration specifying the Boost library
> location and configuring the toolset you wish to use.
> 
>    Hope this helps.
> 
>    Best regards,
>      Jurko Gospodnetić

Thanks a lot, that did the trick!

--
Claus