[Boost-users] list of optional dependencies for building boost?

From: Benjamin Rutt (rutt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-15 09:26:03

I am new to boost and have a question on building it from source.  I
built it once using the command:

    bjam --with-python-root=/home/rutt/python-2.4 -sPYTHON_VERSION=2.4 --prefix=/home/rutt/boost install

So you can see that I at least resolved the optional dependency on
Python.  I also noticed that it warned me that it could not find the
bzip2 or gzip packages (I can't remember which).  At the end of the
build, it mentioned something about a number of errors it had in
building, yet it did install the boost libraries.  So it seems that
the build process continues on past failures (something like 'make
-k').  I guess those "failures" must have been unmet optional
dependencies?

My intention is to build a fully capable boost library and have zero
errors and zero unmet dependencies.  Is there some documentation or
method to obtain information about all optional dependencies boost can
pick up at build time?  I would like to install them all, to ensure a
clean, zero-error build and know that I have a fully functional boost.
Thank you,
-- 
Benjamin Rutt