Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4628: Old location of Boost.Jam source in documentation

status, component changed; resolution set

Daniel James — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:30:30 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → invalid
component Documentation → build

The boost 1.44 documentation is for boost 1.44, not trunk. This hasn't been updated in trunk yet, but it presumably will be before release since the build procedure is different now anyway - IIUC bjam and boost build will be built and installed as a single entity.

Mateusz Loskot — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:26:07 GMT

I'm sorry, I misunderstood the 1.44 includes already this change that introduced the move of jam sources.

anonymous — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:39:41 GMT

This issue still persists with version 1_45_0. The instructions (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_45_0/doc/html/jam/building.html ) on how to build bjam state "For the Boost.Jam source included with the Boost distribution the jam source location is BOOST_ROOT/tools/jam/src", however the package boost_1_45_0.zip does provide this directory. I do not understand the previous comment. If the page http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_45_0/doc/html/jam/building.html is deprecated it should be marked as such.

status, version changed; resolution deleted

anonymous — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:32:18 GMT

status closed → reopened
version Boost 1.44.0 → Boost 1.46.0
resolution invalid

Still present in 1.46.0 - http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_0/doc/html/jam.html

owner, status changed

anonymous — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:33:32 GMT

owner changed from Matias Capeletto to Vladimir Prus
status reopened → new

sumeet.jauhar@… — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:13:22 GMT

I downloaded the version 1.50 version of boost . I get an error while trying to build the Boost libraries

C:\Program Files (x86)\boost\boost_1_50>bjam --build-dir="C:\build-boost" toolse

t=msvc --build-type=complete stage

Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find build system. --------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files (x86)\boost\boost_1_50\boost-build.jam attempted to load the bu ild system by invoking

'boost-build tools/build/v2 ;'

but we were unable to find "bootstrap.jam" in the specified directory

I agree with the above ticket i dont see any " tools/build/v2" directory in my Boost Installation ..... What is the new location ? Is the document not yet updated ?

Vladimir Prus — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:33:25 GMT

What is the exact link to the 1.50 archive you've used? "tools/build/v2" surely exists in all versions.

sumeet.jauhar@… — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:07:04 GMT

http://www.boostpro.com/download/

I picked the installers hosted here . I first tried with version 1.51 . When I encountered the same problem i downgraded to 1.50 . I can be sure that i did not see the "tools/build/v2" directory in either of the versions .

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sumeet.jauhar@… — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:10:30 GMT

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Boost Root directory . I cant see any "tools" directory

Vladimir Prus — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:17:53 GMT

Installers from those site are provided by a commercial company, and are therefore not supported via this tracker. Further, those installers *should* install binary packages, so you don't have to build anything. I have no idea why they appear to include boost-build.jam in the root folder, but not the "tools/build/v2" folder, but again, it's question for them.

If you wish to building using official docs, please use official packages, please see here http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_50_0.html

Does that answer your question?

sumeet.jauhar@… — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:31:46 GMT

Thanks ! i was not aware of the fact that there was a mismatch between my downloaded boost and the documentation that i was following . Phew . Apologies . However another point of confusion remains . Is bjam driver the same as b2 ?

I am following the documentation here http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_50_0/libs/python/doc/building.html . And here the step 3 describes the way to get bjam driver . But the link has "no" mention about bjam driver . Instead it speaks about b2 driver .

I am so confused . If you can provide me with the link to the compatible bjam driver for Boost Python 1.50 i would appreciate it .

Vladimir Prus — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:14:03 GMT

b2 and bjam are the same, with b2 a newer name. If you have full source, and you went to root folder, and ran

bootstrap.bat

You will have either b2.exe or bjam.exe created right in the root folder, which is the easiest approach.

status changed; resolution set

Steven Watanabe — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:14:21 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

(In [83494]) Adjust jam docs to match the current state. Fixes #4628.