id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
983	Building of libs/python/example/quickstart fails.	René Rivera	René Rivera	"When following the instructions for BPL and trying to build the quickstart example *outside of the Boost tree*, the build fails with:

{{{
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/build\type.jam:137: in type.validate from module type
error: Unknown target type EXE
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/kernel\modules.jam:66: in modules.call-in from module object(installed-exe-generator)@3
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/util\sequence.jam:44: in sequence.transform from module sequence
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/build\generators.jam:155: in generator.__init__ from module object(installed-exe-generator)@3
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/tools\stage.jam:349: in object(installed-exe-generator)@3.__init__ from module object(installed-exe-generator)@3
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/kernel\class.jam:93: in new from module class
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/tools\stage.jam:368: in load from module stage
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/kernel\modules.jam:261: in import from module modules
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/tools\builtin.jam:377: in load from module builtin
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/kernel\modules.jam:261: in import from module modules
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:28: in load from module build-system
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/kernel\modules.jam:261: in import from module modules
/DevRoots/Boost/boost_1_34/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:132: in boost-build from module
C:\DevRoots\Boost\b134_python_quickstart\boost-build.jam:7: in module scope from module
}}}

To replicate copy the quickstart directory and repoint the paths in boost-build.jam and Jamroot. Than run bjam in the directory."	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.34.1	python USE GITHUB	Boost 1.34.0	Showstopper	fixed	python,build	ghost@… witt@…