Re: [Boost-users] building regex (extracted with bcp)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-01 17:56:28

"Orhun Birsoy" <obirsoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I am trying to build the regex library which is extracted by the bcp  
> utility.
> What I did:
> - extract the regex library
> C:\Development\3rdParty\boost_1_33_1>bcp regex c:\development\temp\regex
>
> - build it
> C:\Development\temp\regex\libs\regex\build>bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0"  
> "-sPYTHON_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Python24" "-sPYTHON_VERSION=2.4"  
> --libdir=C:\development\temp\boost80\lib\ --includedir=C:\development\temp\boost80\include\boost80  
> --builddir=c:\development\temp\boost80\tmp install
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Attempted search from C:\Development\temp\regex\libs\regex\build up to the  
> root
>
> Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.
>
>
> Now it looks like it needs several jam files in order to build. Are the  
> make files only way to build the regex library extracted with bcp?

Just add a file called boost-build.jam somewhere in or above the directory
where you're invoking bjam, containing

      boost-build path/to/boost/tools/build/v1 ;

where path/to/boost/tools/build/v1 is a path indicating a copy of the
tools/build/v1 subdirectory of the full boost tree.

HTH,
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com