Re: [Boost-users] Re: Newbie Q

From: Jon Handler (jon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-10 09:42:13

Dear Dave,

Thanks for answering!

After much struggling, I realized that WINNT\SYSTEM32 was not in my
path, so bjam was failing to find cmd.exe. Fixing my path fixed
everything.

Thanks again,

Jon

On Sep 10, 2004, at 4:56 AM, David Abrahams wrote:

> Jon Handler <jon_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm failing to build either bjam or (eventually, I got the binary) the
>> boost library. I'm using Win 2K, VC++ 6, boost 1.31.0. In setting
>> environment variables, I set MSVC,
>
> How did you set it, and why would it matter?  Boost.Build doesn't use
> a variable by that name.
>
>> but couldn't figure out VISUALC
>
> Details, please.  You couldn't figure out VISUALC, or Boost.Build
> couldn't?  What were the messages you saw that indicated that?
>
>> (since I don't have a VC++ directory). When I try to build, I get:
>>
>> D:\boost_1_31_0>bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" install
>>
>> [ Fails to find PYTHON ]
>>
>> ...patience...
>> ...found 7592 targets...
>> ...updating 3079 targets...
>> MkDir1 C:\Boost
>> spawn: No such file or directory
>
> Which bjam binary did you get (or under which command shell did you
> build it) and which command shell are you using to invoke it?
>
> -- 
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
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