Re: [Boost-users] Bjam problem - again

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Bjam problem - again
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-23 13:22:58

> and tried adding and changing the environment variables so they are now 
> thus
>
> C:\Users\Paul>set boost
> BOOST=I:/boost_1_44_0/
> boost_build=I:\boost_1_44_0\tools\build\v2\build   << or should this be
> I:\boost_1_44_0\tools\build??
> boost_build_path=i:/boost_1_44_0/tools/build/v2
> boost_patches=i:\boost-patches
> boost_root=i:/boost_1_44_0/
> boost_sandbox=i:\boost-sandbox
> boost_trunk=i:\boost-trunk
>
> It seems that boost_root environment variable is not being seen correctly?
> So I'm doing something wrong still.

Did you get an error message with instructions before this point?

You should need to set just one environment variable:

set BOOST=i:\boost-trunk

and it'll load Boost.Build etc from that.  In addition if you don't have a 
Jamroot file in your subdirectory then the default one will set up include 
paths etc for the main Boost tree.

Note the upper case name as well boost_root won't be seen by the Build 
system at all, also use Windows style backslashes for BOOST.

Also which directory are you invoking bjam from?

HTH, John.

PS Just added some more diagnostics to the boost-build.jam file.
Also make sure your bjam.exe is up to date... just in case...