Re: [Boost-users] bjam under cygwin/XP

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-12 09:32:25

"Janos Vegh" <vegh.janos_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use bjam, through building a 'hello' project.
> However, I receive the following:
>
> $ bjam
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find build system.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> C:\cygwin\home\Veghj\projects\hello\boost-build.jam attempted to load
> the build
> system by invoking
>
>   'boost-build /cygdrive/c/veghj/projects/boost_1_33_1/tools/build/v2
>   ;'
>
> but we were unable to find "bootstrap.jam" in the specified directory
> or in BOOST_BUILD_PATH (searching
> /cygdrive/c/veghj/projects/boost_1_33_1/tools/
> build/v2).
>
> Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.
>
> At the same time, the requested file is apparently there:
>
> $ ls /cygdrive/c/veghj/projects/boost_1_33_1/tools/build/v2
> boost-build.jam   example                  release_procedure.txt
> boost.css         generators_prototype.py  roll.sh
> bootstrap.jam     hacking.txt              site-config.jam
> build             index.html               test
> build-system.jam  kernel                   tools
> changes.txt       nightly.sh               user-config.jam
> debian            notes                    util
> doc               options
>
> What do I wrong?

You're running an NT build of bjam.  If you want to run it under
cygwin, you need a Cygwin build of bjam.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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