[Boost-users] Re: How does Boost.Build/bjam find boost?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-13 18:35:40

Kelly Burkhart <kelly_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 03:18, David Abrahams wrote:
>> Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> > Rene Rivera wrote:
>> >> Kelly Burkhart wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 20:03, Rene Rivera wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> ~~~Jamfile~~~
>> >>>> exe tst
>> >>>>   : tst.cpp
>> >>>>   : <sysinclude>/opt/boost/include/boost-1_32
>> >>>> ;
>> >>>> ~~~Jamfile~~~
>> >> 
>> >>> That doesn't seem to work:
>> >>>
>> >>> $ bjam --version
>> >>> Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 10)
>> >> Since you did not specify that you are using BBv2, which is not the
>> >> latest as it's experimental, both Dave and I gave answers using
>> >> BBv1.
>> >> Suggestion, look at some of the tutorials in..
>> >> http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/
>> >> Boost Build System V2
>> >
>> > PS. Although the answer Dave gave should work for both BBv1 and BBv2 :-)
>> 
>> Part of why I gave it.  It's not very clear what the OP's intention
>> is.  To use BBv1 outside the Boost tree, remember, he must take
>> special measures.  
>
>
> First, David & Rene, I apprecate your attempts to help me.  I believe
> that my assumptions must be different than a typical boost user.  Either
> that or I'm a bit more dense than the typical boost user.
>
> I am assuming that a boost user (as opposed to a boost developer) would
> be working on a machine which has boost installed somewhere outside his
> home directory. General development would not take place within boost
> directories.  (I don't develop within Qt or libc source directories
> either).

C'rect.

> I am also assuming that boost.build is designed not just to build boost,
> but to be a general make replacement.

Also c'rect.

> Given these (possibly bogus) assumptions, there must be some way to
> configure boost build (v1 or v2) so that you don't have to specify it's
> location in every Jamfile.

For v1:

boost-build.jam contains:
  boost-build path/to/root/of/boost/tools/build/v1 ;

Jamrules contains:
  project boost : path/to/root/of/boost ;

For v2:
  Refer to the BBv2 documentation.

> So what are the 'special measures' one must take to accomplish this?
> Is what I'm attempting to do peculiar?

Nope.

> RE: BBv1 vs. BBv2, the documentation says that BBv2 is "pretty usable
> already."  I figured if I'm starting from scratch I may as well use
> latest and greatest.  

Probably so.

> Do you recommend avoiding BBv2 until it's cooked?

Nope.

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Dave Abrahams
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