[Boost-build] (Mac OS 10.9) Boost.Python build quickstart: Unable to load Jamfile

Subject: [Boost-build] (Mac OS 10.9) Boost.Python build quickstart: Unable to load Jamfile
From: Degang Wu (samuelandjw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-09 03:49:22

Hi,

I have installed Boost 1.55 (+python33), boost-build and boost-jam through Macports on Mac OS X 10.9. Following the HOWTO (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0b1/libs/python/doc/building.html), I cd to /opt/local/share/doc/boost/libs/python/example/quickstart and typed in "bjam toolset=gcc --verbose-test test" and "bjam" and I got the following error message:

/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:271: in find-jamfile from module project
error: Unable to load Jamfile.
error: Could not find a Jamfile in directory '../../../..'.
error: Attempted to find it with pattern '[Bb]uild.jam [Jj]amfile.v2 [Jj]amfile [Jj]amfile.jam'.
error: Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:290: in load-jamfile from module project
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:68: in project.load from module project
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:718: in project.use from module project
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:95: in load-used-projects from module project
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:79: in load from module project
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:170: in project.find from module project
/opt/local/share/boost-build/build-system.jam:248: in load from module build-system
/opt/local/share/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:261: in import from module modules
/opt/local/share/boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-build from module
/opt/local/share/doc/boost/libs/python/example/quickstart/boost-build.jam:7: in module scope from module

What was wrong?

-wdg