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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Directory not found: boost_1_57_0/tools/build/v2
From: Juraj Ivanèiæ (juraj.ivancic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-11-10 03:52:09


On 10.11.2014. 9:21, Activecat wrote:

> I've spent few days to make this [1] works, still have no success.
> It was found that this directory doesn't exist: boost_1_57_0/tools/build/v2
> Is this a bug?

Tutorial is a bit out of date. Directory layout has changed since the
tutorial was written.

> Below is the error message.
>
> boost_1_57_0/libs/python/example/tutorial $ bjam
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find build system.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> /home/activecat/download/boost_1_57_0/libs/python/example/boost-build.jam attempted
> to load the build system by invoking
>
> 'boost-build ../../../tools/build/v2 ;'

use 'src' instead of 'v2'

boost-build ../../../tools/build/src ;

There is already a PR which corrects this:

https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/50


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