Re: [Boost-users] Cannot build Boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Cannot build Boost
From: Ondřej Majerech (oxyd.oxyd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-21 13:41:54

Okay, I'll reply to myself for the last time.

I got it working. The problem was that I was using bjam from the
standalone Boost Jam tarball. Using the bjam bundled with the Boost
tarball itself fixed it.

I, however, believe that the documentation is very confusing on this
matter. First, this --
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_45_0/doc/html/jam/building.html --
says that bjam should be located in BOOST_ROOT/tools/jam/src. There is
no such path in the latest Boost tarball. Second, documentation
nowhere mentions that users are expected to use the bundled bjam -- or
indeed that there *is* any bjam bundled with the boost tarball --
instead of the standalone bjam distribution.

It would be great if the documentation were updated to reflect the
latest correct build procedures.

Thanks,
Ondra