Can't Build on OpenSolaris 2010

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Working from ​file:///export/home/jeffrey/Desktop/boost_1_47_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html (nothing special noted for OpenSolaris). It looks like it succeeds, but it appears to have failed. Nothing works.

Who approves this crap for production? They should apply at Apple, where the same kind of shit festers....

jeffrey@germain:~/boost_1_47_0$ ./bootstrap.sh 
-n Building Boost.Build engine with toolset ... 
tools/build/v2/engine/###
### No toolset specified. Please use --toolset option.
###
### Known toolsets are: acc, borland, cc, como, clang, darwin, gcc, gcc-nocygwin, intel-darwin, intel-linux, intel-win32, kcc, kylix, metrowerks, mingw, mipspro, msvc, qcc, pathscale, pgi, sun, sunpro, tru64cxx, vacpp, vc7, vc8, vc9, vc10, vmsdecc
###/b2
cp: cannot stat `./tools/build/v2/engine/###\n### No toolset specified. Please use --toolset option.\n###\n### Known toolsets are: acc, borland, cc, como, clang, darwin, gcc, gcc-nocygwin, intel-darwin, intel-linux, intel-win32, kcc, kylix, metrowerks, mingw, mipspro, msvc, qcc, pathscale, pgi, sun, sunpro, tru64cxx, vacpp, vc7, vc8, vc9, vc10, vmsdecc\n###/b2': File name too long
cp: cannot stat `./tools/build/v2/engine/###\n### No toolset specified. Please use --toolset option.\n###\n### Known toolsets are: acc, borland, cc, como, clang, darwin, gcc, gcc-nocygwin, intel-darwin, intel-linux, intel-win32, kcc, kylix, metrowerks, mingw, mipspro, msvc, qcc, pathscale, pgi, sun, sunpro, tru64cxx, vacpp, vc7, vc8, vc9, vc10, vmsdecc\n###/bjam': File name too long
-n Detecting Python version... 
2.6
-n Detecting Python root... 
/usr
-n Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?... 
not found.
Generating Boost.Build configuration in project-config.jam...

Bootstrapping is done. To build, run:

    ./b2
    
To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'.
Further information:

   - Command line help:
     ./b2 --help
     
   - Getting started guide: 
     http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
     
   - Boost.Build documentation:
     http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html

jeffrey@germain:~/boost_1_47_0$ ./bootstrap.sh --toolset=sun
error: unrecognized option: --toolset=sun
Try `./bootstrap.sh --help' for more information.
jeffrey@germain:~/boost_1_47_0$ ./b2 --toolset=sun
bash: ./b2: No such file or directory
jeffrey@germain:~/boost_1_47_0$ ls
boost		 boostcpp.jam	doc	    Jamroot	     project-config.jam
boost-build.jam  bootstrap.bat	index.htm   libs	     rst.css
boost.css	 bootstrap.log	index.html  LICENSE_1_0.txt  status
boost.png	 bootstrap.sh	INSTALL     more	     tools
jeffrey@germain:~/boost_1_47_0$

[Vladimir Prus]

I am not going to investigate or fix this.

First, OpenSolaris sounds like too arcane platform to bother. Enthusiasts interested in their platform would have to do any fixes.

Second, there's no information that would allow to diagnose this problem without access to said arcane platform.

Third, this is open source. If you cannot submit a bug report using civil language, don't expect anybody to fix it.