Re: [Boost-users] [Python] rule python-extension unknown

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Python] rule python-extension unknown
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-09 14:13:56

Robert MacHardy wrote:

> Boost Users,
> 
> I put bjam.exe in "C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_36_0\bin" and
> added that to the PATH environment variable.
> I have been trying to execute (bjam --debug-configuration).
> The output is as follows:
> 
> C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_36_0\libs\python\example\tutorial>bjam
> --debug-co
> nfiguration
> notice: found boost-build.jam at C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/libs/python
> /example/boost-build.jam
> notice: loading Boost.Build from C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build
> /v2
> notice: Searching C:\WINDOWS C:\Documents and Settings\robert.machardy
> C:\Docume
> nts and Settings\robert.machardy C:\Program
> Files\boost\boost_1_36_0\libs\python
> \example\../../../tools/build/v2 C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build
> /v2/kernel C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/util
> C:/Program Fi
> les/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/build C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/
> tools/build/v2/tools C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/contrib
> C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/. for site-config
> configurati
> on file site-config.jam .
> notice: Loading site-config configuration file site-config.jam from
> C:/Program F
> iles/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/site-config.jam .
> notice: Searching C:\Documents and Settings\robert.machardy C:\Documents
> and Set
> tings\robert.machardy C:\Program
> Files\boost\boost_1_36_0\libs\python\example\..
> /../../tools/build/v2 C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/kernel
> C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/util C:/Program
> Files/boost/b
> oost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/build C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build
> /v2/tools C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/contrib
> C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/. for user-config configuration
> file use
> r-config.jam .
> notice: Loading user-config configuration file user-config.jam from
> C:/Program F
> iles/boost/boost_1_36_0/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam .
> syntax error at EOF

You are told that there's syntax error in your user-config. You have:

        using msvc : 7.1 ;
        using python : 2.6 : "C:/Program Files/Python26";

and there's missing space before the semicolon at second line.

- Volodya