Re: "error: Unable to find file or target named" when using BCP to change Boost namespace

From: Nicholas Williams (nicholas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-01-16 20:46:02

This got me further, but it ultimately still failed later in the config
with a similar error:

...
    - std_wstreambuf builds    : yes [2]
    - std_wstreambuf           : yes [2]
    - BOOST_COMP_GNUC >= 4.3.0 : no [2]
    - BOOST_COMP_GNUC >= 4.3.0 : no [3]
error: Unable to find file or target named
error:     'libs/thread/build//boost_MYextralLabel_thread'
error: referred to from project at
error:     '.'

Notable differences in this error message are that now the target it's
unable to find contains my custom namespace, and now the project referring
to it is '.' instead of a path to subdirectory.

Also notable that this new error is the same error I previously received if
I deleted the 'boost' output directory after running `bcp` but before
running `bootstrap`. So it seems that your suggested past gets past one bug
but reveals the next bug.

Thanks,

Nick

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM Дмитрий Архипов via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> чт, 16 янв. 2025 г. в 18:09, Nicholas Williams via Boost-users
> <boost-users_at_[hidden]>:
> > error: Unable to find file or target named
> > error:     '/boost/align//boost_align'
> > error: referred to from project at
> > error:     '{dir}/_dst/libs/atomic/build'
> > make: *** [build] Error 1
>
> That is a bug in bcp. If you're looking for a quick fix, find this
> line in Jamroot:
>
>     modules.poke $(lib-module) : BOOST_LIB_TARGET : boost_$(lib) ;
>
> And replace it with
>
>     modules.poke $(lib-module) : BOOST_LIB_TARGET : "boost"_$(lib) ;
>
> Then run bcp again.
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