[Boost-users] Re: boost_1_31_0 documentation - "Getting Started"

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-12 09:47:30

"Jeff Flinn" <TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden]> writes:

> First the nit -
>
> The examples for running bjam include the arguments in double quotes as in:
>
> bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" install
>
> Being bjam and generally makefile(and generally command line) impaired I
> tried:
>
> bjam "-sTOOLS=VC71" "-sVC71_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> .NET 2003\Vc7"
>
> Which results in:
>
> VC71-tools.jam: No such file or directory

That's because there's no "VC71" toolset.  What made you think there
was?

> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools/build/v1\allyourbase.jam:630: in C++
> rule C++-action unknown in module
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools/build/v1\allyourbase.jam:1097: in Object
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools/build/v1\allyourbase.jam:1162: in Objects
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools/build/v1\boost-base.jam:130: in dll-files
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools/build/v1\boost-base.jam:1934: in
> subvariant-target
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools/build/v1\boost-base.jam:2361: in stage
> Jamfile:144: in load-jamfiles
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\tools\build\v1\bootstrap.jam:15: in boost-build
> C:\boost\boost_1_31_0\boost-build.jam:16: in module scope
>
> Of course the following works great!
>
> bjam -sTOOLS=VC71 -sVC71_ROOT="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
> 2003\Vc7"

Sorry, but I have a hard time believing that.  We don't have a "VC71"
toolset, so the above invocation should cause an error.

> So I'm not sure of the purpose of the "" in the documentation, but they are
> misleading, at least to me.

They work for me.

> The Praise -
>
> Awesome improvement in the completeness and organization of the built libs
> and dlls!

Credit to Rene Rivera.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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