Re: [Boost-users] Is Anyone going to tell me the way to Build BOOST?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-13 06:10:04

question boost wrote:

> 
> Hi,
>  
> I get the same message using your command line.

This is not possible. Did you try, *EXACTLY* this:

        bjam --build-dir="C:/Program Files/boost/directory_1" --toolset=gcc stage

? What happens if you try *EXACTLY*:

        bjam --toolset=gcc stage

?

> My question is about section 5.2.4 here
> http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html#build-directory: 
> and about nothing else.  Tell me why the procedure indicated goes wrong
> and why I get this error message. Maybe a wrong environment variable or
> anything else but i have no idea what it is.

Dave,
the referenced page goes to say:

        C:\WINDOWS> cd C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1
        C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_34_1> bjam ^
        More? --build-dir=C:\temp\build-boost ^
        More? --toolset=msvc stage

1. Is this caret syntax known to work on all Windows versions?
2. Given that it's not a common syntax, I think it should be explained
in text, not as a footnote.

- Volodya