Re: [Boost-testing] process_jam_log build: missing boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] process_jam_log build: missing boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
From: Jim Bell (Jim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-16 12:21:52

On 2014-01-15 11:50 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Jim Bell <Jim_at_[hidden] 
> <mailto:Jim_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
>
>     On 2014-01-15 7:13 AM, John Maddock wrote:
>
>             It looks like parts of boost/config are missing:
>
>             ..\..\..\boost/config.hpp(35) : fatal error C1083: Cannot
>             open include file: 'boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp': No
>             such file or directory
>
>             It was also missing boost/config/user.hpp, but I added an
>             empty one.
>
>             boost/config/compiler (as pulled from git in the
>             regression test) has just one file: nvcc.hpp.
>
>
>         Looks like you need to do a "bjam headers" from the boost-root
>         directory before building (but of course this shouldn't be
>         necessary).
>
>
>     Is this a recent (modular-boost) thing? 
>
>
> Yes.
>
>      I'm not familiar with it. Sounds like it needs to go into some
>     regression script.
>
>
>  Putting in the regression script would presumably fix the immediate 
> problem, but would mask the problem John mentioned that it shouldn't 
> be necessary.

This is a step I've never taken in all the boost versions I've used. Is 
this a pre-release step internal to boost?