Re: [Boost-build] Issue attempting to stage boost on windows MSVC-10.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Issue attempting to stage boost on windows MSVC-10.0
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-30 11:01:13

AMDG

On 10/30/2013 05:28 AM, John Bargman wrote:
> I've decided to update the version of boost in my companies project,
> however I'm having an issue producing a staged version as I normally would.
> 
> In version 1.52.0 I would open the correct visual-studio command prompt
> and run the following:
> /Bootstrap.bat//
> //b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete architecture=x86
> --stagedir=stage\lib\x32 stage/
> b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete architecture=x86
> address-model=64 --stagedir=stage\lib\x64 stage
> 
> The result would be the 64bit and 32bit builds of the boost libraries
> would be output to the boost_1_52_0\stage\lib\[type] directory.
> 
> I've downloaded 1.54.0 and attempted to do the same, the result was I
> was met with the error
> /"notice: could not find main target stage
> notice: assuming it is a name of file to create.
> error: Project target requested but not yet assigned for module
> 'Jamfile<D:\Local_git\boost_1_54_0>'."
> 
> /To resolve this I proceeded to:
> /cd tools
> //..\b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete architecture=x86
> --stagedir=stage\lib\x32 stage/
> 

Why are you running this under tools?  This command
should be run directly under boost_1_54_0/.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe