[Boost-users] Unable to build python/example/tutorial from 1_34_1 in Windows XP with MSVC 8.0

From: Andres Corrada-Emmanuel (corrada_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-27 20:20:34

Hello,

I've been scouring the internet and boost.org documentation to do what I 
thought was a relatively simple task on Windows XP with MSVC 8.0: build 
and import into python the hello.cpp example in the 1_34_1 distribution.

Warts:

- The Jamroot file in the tutorial folder lacks the "import python ;" 
command.
- No matter what I tried, bjam.exe, could not find the 
boost_python-vc80-mt-1_34_1.lib file. I finally gave up and copied it 
directly into the tutorial directory.
- bjam compiled the hello.pyd but no "boost_python.dll" as the 
documentation for the Hello World example said it would. Has this changed?
- Importing this hello.pyd fails even when I am in the same directory as 
the file fails. Do I need to have the boost_python.dll in the same 
directory? How do I create it with bjam? Is the tutorial directory 
broken? my bjam.exe?

Any help would be appreciated. Particularly any pointers on how to debug 
my problems (bjam.exe --debug-configuration was not helpful in solving 
any of the boost_python lib import problems).

-- 
Andres Corrada-Emmanuel
Research Fellow
Aerial Imaging and Remote Sensing Lab
Computer Science Department
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Blog: www.corrada.com/blog