Re: [Boost-users] [build] error: target { link%link.do-link-recursively-chrono/stopwatches-headers. } has no type

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [build] error: target { link%link.do-link-recursively-chrono/stopwatches-headers. } has no type
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-02 15:04:16

AMDG

On 06/02/2016 12:41 PM, Nat Goodspeed wrote:
> Steven, what do these errors mean, and how can I fix them?
> https://travis-ci.org/BorisSchaeling/boost-process/builds/134823441
> 
> This travis script is trying to embed the candidate Boost.Process
> library in a boost_1_61_0 tarball tree and build libs/process/test.
> 
> But I must admit I've been stumped by similar errors several times before.
> 
> /home/travis/build/BorisSchaeling/boost-process/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/generators.jam:1102:
> in ensure-type from module generators
> error: target {
> link%link.do-link-recursively-chrono/stopwatches-headers. {
> libs/chrono/stopwatches/include/boost. } } has no type
> 

  It means that you need to refer to /boost//headers
with <implicit-dependency> instead of listing it
as a source.  (This is a backwards incompatible change
from moving to modular boost.)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe