Re: [Boost-users] Did build of Boost succeed - lib vs. stage/lib?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Did build of Boost succeed - lib vs. stage/lib?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-15 00:50:22

AMDG

On 11/14/2013 05:10 PM, Lutz Gehlen wrote:
> <snip>
> I then tried to build the example program in section 6 of the Getting 
> started guide. Section 6.1 instructs to add
> "C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_55_0\lib"
> (in my case E:\boost_1_55_0\lib)
> to the list of Additional Library Directories. However, I do not have a lib 
> directory in E:\boost_1_55_0?!
> 
> I tried to build the example program and then searched for the library file 
> libboost_regex-vc100-mt-gd-1_55.lib that Visual Studio was failing to find. 
> I found it in E:\boost_1_55_0\stage\lib instead of E:\boost_1_55_0\lib. 
> Adding this directory to the list of Additional Library Directories allowed 
> me to build and execute the example program successfully.
> 
> However, I am wondering now whether my build worked correctly or not. I am 
> trying to avoid running into subtle and hard to debug problems later. Does 
> anyone know if or what went wrong with my build? What is the stage 
> directory and is it safe to use it?
> 

stage/lib is the correct directory.  If you
look at the end of the b2 output, it should
say so.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe