[Boost-users] Boost.Log build problem

Subject: [Boost-users] Boost.Log build problem
From: Anand Arumugam (anand.arumug_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-20 23:23:32

Hello All,

I installed Boost v1.42 that was available from Synaptic Package Manager in 
Xubuntu 10.10. Downloaded the Boost.Log library from sourceforge and extracted 
it under /usr/include/boost. From the command line I issued the following to 
build it:

bjam --with-log variant=release stage

And got this as output:

notice: could not find main target  stage
notice: assuming it's a name of file to create 
/usr/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:699: in attribute
warning: rulename $($(project).attributes).get expands to empty string
/usr/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:709: in project.target
/usr/share/boost-build/build-system.jam:395: in load
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:261: in import
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-build
/usr/share/boost-build/boost-build.jam:1: in module scope
/usr/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:699: in project.attribute
warning: rulename $($(project).attributes).get expands to empty string
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:203: in 
object(project-target)@36.__init__
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/class.jam:93: in new
/usr/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:709: in project.target
/usr/share/boost-build/build-system.jam:395: in load
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:261: in import
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-build
/usr/share/boost-build/boost-build.jam:1: in module scope
/usr/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:699: in project.attribute
warning: rulename $($(project).attributes).get expands to empty string
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:222: in get
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:284: in targets-to-build
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:253: in 
object(project-target)@36.generate
/usr/share/boost-build/build-system.jam:414: in load
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:261: in import
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-build
/usr/share/boost-build/boost-build.jam:1: in module scope
/usr/share/boost-build/build/project.jam:699: in project.attribute
warning: rulename $($(project).attributes).get expands to empty string
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:222: in get
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:285: in targets-to-build
/usr/share/boost-build/build/targets.jam:253: in 
object(project-target)@36.generate
/usr/share/boost-build/build-system.jam:414: in load
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/modules.jam:261: in import
/usr/share/boost-build/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-build
/usr/share/boost-build/boost-build.jam:1: in module scope
don't know how to make <e>stage
...found 1 target...
...can't find 1 target...

I found a similar help request at: 
http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2007/06/16748.php but I want to know whether 
what I am doing is correct - that is trying to build one library from source 
(that is not officially part of boost), while installing all other boost 
libraries from a package manager? In /usr/lib all the other boost static and 
shared libraries are installed.

Thank you for your time.

cheers,
Anand.