Re: boost_1_30_0: cannot compile red hat gcc

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-07 15:20:26

"sebMarc" <sebmarc_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I must be freakin stupid. I have the simplest config possible, gcc 
> 2.96 with a red hat system.
>
> Downloaded boot1_30_0, unzipped it, tried to compile thread and got:
> bash-2.05a$ bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc"
> ...found 341 targets...
> ...updating 37 targets...
> MkDir1 ../../../libs/thread/build/bin-stage
> : command not found
> MkDir1 ../../../libs/thread/build/bin
> : command not found
> mkdir: cannot create directory `\r': File exists
>
>     mkdir  ../../../libs/thread/build/bin
>
> ...failed MkDir1 ../../../libs/thread/build/bin...
>
> Being jam ignorant, this is it, i am stuck :-(. Sigh.. 
>
> Tried to run configure and got:
> bash-2.05a$ chmod +x configure
> bash-2.05a$ ./configure
> : bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Looks to me like you downloaded a zip archive with MS-DOS line endings
instead of a .tar.gz archive as appropriate for Linux.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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