Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #3355: "bjam install" tries to put libraries directly into /lib/ although --prefix is set

anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:41:47 GMT

using --libdir=/home/staff/ps/lib as additional argument to ./boostrap.sh works flawlessly

Steven Watanabe — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:37:15 GMT

This is a known bug which will be fixed in 1.40.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:25:21 GMT

I just downloaded 1.40.0 and it no longer tries to install into /lib but into /usr/local/lib although I specified --prefix as /home/staff/ps

Additionally specifying --libdir again solves the problem.

Steven Watanabe — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:44:30 GMT

What does the project-config.jam generated by bootstrap.bat contain at the end where it sets prefix, etc.?

Steven Watanabe — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:31:31 GMT

I just tried 1.40 and --prefix seems to work with bootstrap.sh. I'm not sure why it didn't work for you.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:11:53 GMT

I tried again, even with a completely new unpacked tar.gz, and now it works.

I'm sorry, the bug is fixed for me, obviously I did something wrong the first time.

status changed; resolution set

Vladimir Prus — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:27:42 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → invalid

Thanks for re-checking. I'm marking this bug closed. Should it reappear, please reopen, and provide the exact commands you have used, so that we have a chance to understand the problem.