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Subject: [Boost-commit] svn:boost r49527 - in branches/release/more/getting_started: . detail
From: dave_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-11-01 21:55:02


Author: dave
Date: 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
New Revision: 49527
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/49527

Log:
merged [49524] and [49525] from trunk
Text files modified:
   branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst | 9 ++++--
   branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-tail.rst | 5 ++++
   branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-unix.rst | 3 ++
   branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-windows.rst | 4 +++
   branches/release/more/getting_started/index.html | 2
   branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html | 22 +++++++++++------
   branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst | 9 ++----
   branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.html | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
   branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.rst | 36 +++++++++++++---------------
   9 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 installing software. To use it, you'll need an executable called
 ``bjam``.
 
-.. |precompiled-bjam| replace:: pre-compiled ``bjam`` executables
+.. |precompiled-bjam| replace:: download a pre-built ``bjam`` executable
 
 
 .. _precompiled-bjam: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=72941
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 system. To build Boost binaries, you'll invoke ``bjam`` from the
 Boost root.
 
-Boost provides |precompiled-bjam|_ for a variety of platforms.
+We suggest you |precompiled-bjam|_ for your platform.
 Alternatively, you can build ``bjam`` yourself using `these
 instructions`__.
 
 __ `building bjam`_
 
+Move the ``bjam`` executable into a directory in your PATH. You can
+see the list of directories in your PATH, separated by |pathsep|\ s,
+by typing “\ |path|\ ” at the command prompt.
 
 .. _toolset:
 .. _toolset-name:
@@ -123,4 +126,4 @@
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
- bjam **--build-dir=**\ |build-directory|_ **--toolset=**\ |toolset-name|_ *[*\ **--build-type=complete**\ *]* stage
+ bjam **--build-dir=**\ |build-directory|_ **--toolset=**\ |toolset-name|_ |build-type-complete| stage

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-tail.rst
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-tail.rst (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-tail.rst 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 * choosing a specific build variant by adding ``release`` or
   ``debug`` to the command line.
 
+.. Note:: Boost.Build can produce a great deal of output, which can
+ make it easy to miss problems. If you want to make sure
+ everything is went well, you might redirect the output into a
+ file by appending “``>build.log 2>&1``” to your command line.
+
 Expected Build Output
 ---------------------
 

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-unix.rst
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-unix.rst (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-unix.rst 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@
 
 .. |command-line tool| replace:: command-line tool
 
+.. |pathsep| replace:: colon
+
+.. |path| replace:: ``echo $PATH``
 
 .. include:: common.rst

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-windows.rst
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-windows.rst (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/detail/common-windows.rst 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@
 
 .. |command-line tool| replace:: `command-line tool`_
 
+.. |pathsep| replace:: semicolon
+
+.. |path| replace:: ``PATH``
+
 .. include:: common.rst

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/index.html
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/index.html (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/index.html 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.5: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
+<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.6: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
 <title>Boost Getting Started</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../rst.css" type="text/css" />
 </head>

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.5: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
+<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.6: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
 <title>Boost Getting Started on Unix Variants</title>
 <meta content="Getting Started with Boost on Unix Variants (including Linux and MacOS)" name="description" />
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../rst.css" type="text/css" />
@@ -302,9 +302,12 @@
 <p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> is the command-line tool that drives the Boost Build
 system. To build Boost binaries, you'll invoke <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> from the
 Boost root.</p>
-<p>Boost provides <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=72941">pre-compiled <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> executables</a> for a variety of platforms.
+<p>We suggest you <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=72941">download a pre-built <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> executable</a> for your platform.
 Alternatively, you can build <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> yourself using <a class="reference external" href="../../doc/html/jam/building.html">these
 instructions</a>.</p>
+<p>Move the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> executable into a directory in your PATH. You can
+see the list of directories in your PATH, separated by colons,
+by typing “<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">echo</span> <span class="pre">$PATH</span></tt>” at the command prompt.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="identify-your-toolset">
 <span id="toolset-name"></span><span id="toolset"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27">5.2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Identify Your Toolset</a></h3>
@@ -421,18 +424,14 @@
 <p>Change your current directory to the Boost root directory and
 invoke <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> as follows:</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
-bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#id10"><em>build-directory</em></a> <strong>--toolset=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#toolset-name"><em>toolset-name</em></a> <em>[</em><strong>--build-type=complete</strong><em>]</em> stage
+bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#id10"><em>build-directory</em></a> <strong>--toolset=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#toolset-name"><em>toolset-name</em></a> <tt class="docutils literal"> </tt> stage
 </pre>
 <p>For example, your session might look like this:</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
 $ cd ~/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt>
 $ bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong>/tmp/build-boost <strong>--toolset=</strong>gcc stage
 </pre>
-<p>That will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded variations of the libraries. To build all variations:</p>
-<pre class="literal-block">
-$ cd ~/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt>
-$ bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong>/tmp/build-boost <strong>--toolset=</strong>gcc <strong>--build-type=complete</strong> stage
-</pre>
+<p>That will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded variants of the libraries. To build all variants, pass the additional option, “``--build-type=complete``”.</p>
 <!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
 <!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
 <!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
@@ -457,6 +456,13 @@
 <li>choosing a specific build variant by adding <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">release</span></tt> or
 <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">debug</span></tt> to the command line.</li>
 </ul>
+<div class="note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last">Boost.Build can produce a great deal of output, which can
+make it easy to miss problems. If you want to make sure
+everything is went well, you might redirect the output into a
+file by appending “``&gt;build.log 2&gt;&amp;1``” to your command line.</p>
+</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="expected-build-output">

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/unix-variants.rst 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -142,12 +142,7 @@
    $ cd ~/|boost_ver|
    $ bjam **--build-dir=**\ /tmp/build-boost **--toolset=**\ gcc stage
 
-That will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded variations of the libraries. To build all variations:
-
-.. parsed-literal::
-
- $ cd ~/|boost_ver|
- $ bjam **--build-dir=**\ /tmp/build-boost **--toolset=**\ gcc **--build-type=complete** stage
+That will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded variants of the libraries. To build all variants, pass the additional option, “``--build-type=complete``”.
 
 .. include:: detail/build-from-source-tail.rst
 
@@ -237,6 +232,8 @@
 .. [#lowercase-l] That option is a dash followed by a lowercase “L”
    character, which looks very much like a numeral 1 in some fonts.
 
+.. |build-type-complete| replace:: `` ``
+
 .. include:: detail/common-footnotes.rst
 .. include:: detail/release-variables.rst
 .. include:: detail/common-unix.rst

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.html
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.html (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.html 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.5: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
+<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.6: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
 <title>Boost Getting Started on Windows</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../rst.css" type="text/css" />
 </head>
@@ -60,14 +60,16 @@
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="get-boost">
 <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get Boost</a></h1>
-<p>The easiest way to get a copy of Boost is to use an installer.
-The <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/index.html">Boost website version of this Getting Started guide</a> will
-have undated information on installers as they become available,
-or see <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041">Boost downloads</a> or the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boostpro.com/products/free">installer</a> provided by <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boostpro.com">BoostPro Computing</a>. We especially recommend using
-an installer if you use Microsoft Visual Studio, because the installer can download and install
-precompiled library binaries, saving you the trouble of building
-them yourself. To complete this tutorial, you'll need to at least
-install the <a class="reference external" href="../../libs/regex/index.html">Boost.Regex</a> binaries when given the option.</p>
+<p>The easiest way to get a copy of Boost is to use an installer. The
+<a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/index.html">Boost website version of this Getting Started guide</a> will have
+undated information on installers as they become available, or see
+<a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041">Boost downloads</a> or the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boostpro.com/products/free">installer</a> provided by <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boostpro.com">BoostPro
+Computing</a>. We especially recommend using an installer if you use
+Microsoft Visual Studio, because the installer can download and
+install precompiled library binaries, saving you the trouble of
+building them yourself. To complete this tutorial, you'll need to at
+least install the Static Multithreaded variants of the <a class="reference external" href="../../libs/regex/index.html">Boost.Regex</a>
+binaries when given the option.</p>
 <p>If you're using an earlier version of Visual Studio or some other
 compiler, or if you prefer to build everything yourself, you can
 download <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.7z</span></tt></a> or <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=8041"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.zip</span></tt></a> and unpack it to install a complete Boost
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@
 you'll need to acquire library binaries.</p>
 <div class="section" id="install-visual-studio-binaries">
 <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id34">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Install Visual Studio Binaries</a></h2>
-<p>The installers will download and
+<p>The installers supplied by BoostPro Computing will download and
 install pre-compiled binaries into the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lib\</span></tt> subdirectory of the
 boost root, typically <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">\lib\</span></tt>. If you installed
 all variants of the <a class="reference external" href="../../libs/regex/index.html">Boost.Regex</a> binary, you're done with this
@@ -366,9 +368,12 @@
 <p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> is the <a class="reference internal" href="#command-line-tool">command-line tool</a> that drives the Boost Build
 system. To build Boost binaries, you'll invoke <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> from the
 Boost root.</p>
-<p>Boost provides <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=72941">pre-compiled <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> executables</a> for a variety of platforms.
+<p>We suggest you <a class="reference external" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=72941">download a pre-built <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> executable</a> for your platform.
 Alternatively, you can build <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> yourself using <a class="reference external" href="../../doc/html/jam/building.html">these
 instructions</a>.</p>
+<p>Move the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> executable into a directory in your PATH. You can
+see the list of directories in your PATH, separated by semicolons,
+by typing “<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PATH</span></tt>” at the command prompt.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="identify-your-toolset">
 <span id="toolset-name"></span><span id="toolset"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id37">5.2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Identify Your Toolset</a></h3>
@@ -488,25 +493,21 @@
 <p>Change your current directory to the Boost root directory and
 invoke <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> as follows:</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
-bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#id12"><em>build-directory</em></a> <strong>--toolset=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#toolset-name"><em>toolset-name</em></a> <em>[</em><strong>--build-type=complete</strong><em>]</em> stage
+bjam <strong>--build-dir=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#id12"><em>build-directory</em></a> <strong>--toolset=</strong><a class="reference internal" href="#toolset-name"><em>toolset-name</em></a> <strong>--build-type=complete</strong> stage
 </pre>
 <p>For example, your session might look like this:<a class="footnote-reference" href="#continuation" id="id13"><sup>4</sup></a></p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
 C:\WINDOWS&gt; cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt>
 <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt>&gt; bjam <strong>^</strong>
 More? <strong>--build-dir=</strong>&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\dave\build-boost&quot; <strong>^</strong>
-More? <strong>--toolset=</strong>msvc stage
+More? <strong>--toolset=</strong> <strong>--build-type=complete</strong> msvc stage
 </pre>
 <p>Be sure to read <a class="reference internal" href="#continuation">this note</a> about the appearance of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">^</span></tt>,
 <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">More?</span></tt> and quotation marks (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&quot;</span></tt>) in that line.</p>
-<p>The above example session will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded
-variations of the libraries. To build all variations:</p>
-<pre class="literal-block">
-C:\WINDOWS&gt; cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt>
-<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> <span class="pre">Files\boost\</span></tt><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boost_1_37_0</span></tt>&gt; bjam <strong>^</strong>
-More? <strong>--build-dir=</strong>&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\dave\build-boost&quot; <strong>^</strong>
-More? <strong>--toolset=</strong>msvc <strong>--build-type=complete</strong> stage
-</pre>
+<p>The option “<strong>--build-type=complete</strong>” causes <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bjam</span></tt> to build
+all supported variants of the libraries. For instructions on how to
+build only specific variants, please ask on the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost">Boost.Build mailing
+list</a>.</p>
 <!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
 <!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
 <!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
@@ -531,6 +532,13 @@
 <li>choosing a specific build variant by adding <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">release</span></tt> or
 <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">debug</span></tt> to the command line.</li>
 </ul>
+<div class="note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last">Boost.Build can produce a great deal of output, which can
+make it easy to miss problems. If you want to make sure
+everything is went well, you might redirect the output into a
+file by appending “``&gt;build.log 2&gt;&amp;1``” to your command line.</p>
+</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="expected-build-output">

Modified: branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.rst
==============================================================================
--- branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.rst (original)
+++ branches/release/more/getting_started/windows.rst 2008-11-01 21:55:01 EDT (Sat, 01 Nov 2008)
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@
 Get Boost
 =========
 
-The easiest way to get a copy of Boost is to use an installer.
-The `Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`_ will
-have undated information on installers as they become available,
-or see `Boost downloads`_ or the installer_ provided by `BoostPro Computing`_. We especially recommend using
-an installer if you use Microsoft Visual Studio, because the installer can download and install
-precompiled library binaries, saving you the trouble of building
-them yourself. To complete this tutorial, you'll need to at least
-install the Boost.Regex_ binaries when given the option.
+The easiest way to get a copy of Boost is to use an installer. The
+`Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`_ will have
+undated information on installers as they become available, or see
+`Boost downloads`_ or the installer_ provided by `BoostPro
+Computing`_. We especially recommend using an installer if you use
+Microsoft Visual Studio, because the installer can download and
+install precompiled library binaries, saving you the trouble of
+building them yourself. To complete this tutorial, you'll need to at
+least install the Static Multithreaded variants of the Boost.Regex_
+binaries when given the option.
 
 .. _`Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`:
        http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/index.html
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@
 Install Visual Studio Binaries
 ------------------------------
 
-The installers will download and
+The installers supplied by BoostPro Computing will download and
 install pre-compiled binaries into the ``lib\`` subdirectory of the
 boost root, typically |default-root|\ ``\lib\``. If you installed
 all variants of the Boost.Regex_ binary, you're done with this
@@ -213,20 +215,15 @@
    C:\\WINDOWS> cd |default-root|
    |default-root|> bjam **^**
    More? **--build-dir=**\ "C:\\Documents and Settings\\dave\\build-boost" **^**
- More? **--toolset=**\ msvc stage
+ More? **--toolset=**\ **--build-type=complete** msvc stage
 
 Be sure to read `this note`__ about the appearance of ``^``,
 ``More?`` and quotation marks (``"``) in that line.
 
-The above example session will build static and shared non-debug multi-threaded
-variations of the libraries. To build all variations:
-
-.. parsed-literal::
-
- C:\\WINDOWS> cd |default-root|
- |default-root|> bjam **^**
- More? **--build-dir=**\ "C:\\Documents and Settings\\dave\\build-boost" **^**
- More? **--toolset=**\ msvc **--build-type=complete** stage
+The option “\ **--build-type=complete**\ ” causes ``bjam`` to build
+all supported variants of the libraries. For instructions on how to
+build only specific variants, please ask on the `Boost.Build mailing
+list`_.
 
 __ continuation_
 
@@ -355,6 +352,7 @@
 
 .. _`boost.zip`: `sf-download`_
 
+.. |build-type-complete| replace:: **--build-type=complete**
 
 .. include:: detail/common-footnotes.rst
 .. include:: detail/release-variables.rst


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