Re: [Boost-users] build errors with 1.54 on linux

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] build errors with 1.54 on linux
From: Lars Viklund (zao_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-20 20:58:51

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 08:37:24PM -0400, Dev Guy wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I am building boost 1.54 on a linux box and I am seeing the following error
> messages after the build:
> 
> gcc.compile.c++
> bin.v2/libs/wave/build/gcc-4.7/release/link-static/threading-multi/instantiate_re2c_lexer_str.o
[snip]
> gcc.compile.c++
> bin.v2/libs/wave/build/gcc-4.7/release/link-static/threading-multi/cpplexer/re2clex/cpp_re.o
> gcc.archive
> bin.v2/libs/wave/build/gcc-4.7/release/link-static/threading-multi/libboost_wave.a
> common.copy /home/yadav/dev/cpp/boost_1.54/lib/libboost_wave.a
> ...failed updating 29 targets...
> ...updated 10797 targets...
> 
> How can I know what these 29 targets have failed and how to go about
> getting a clean build?

None of those lines you mentioned are ones that failed. If you run the
build again, only the remaining (failed or otherwise omitted) targets
will be built.

Unlike other popular build systems, Boost's build continues trying to
build the other libraries on failures, as it's expected to be some
failures here and there.

You can also pass -q to b2 (bjam) to make it stop on the first failure.

-- 
Lars Viklund | zao_at_[hidden]