Re: [Boost-users] list of optional dependencies for building boost?

Benjamin Rutt writes:

David Abrahams writes:

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Not possible. If there were actual errors, the build would've stopped.

I see. It must have been warnings then.

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I guess those "failures" must have been unmet optional dependencies?

Possibly. The way to tell for sure is build in some editor or command shell window with a long memory or simply redirect the build output into a file so you can review it later. If you don't want to wait for the build to actually occur you could run bjam with the -n flag; that will do all the computation necessary including warning you of missing dependencies, but will only print the commands that would be used for building, rather than executing them.

Thanks; unfortunately, I did not save a log of my prior build. I re-ran the build, and had no warnings this time. My dev environment must have gained some dependencies since the last time I tried.

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For now, I think the only documentation is what the build system tells you about.

OK, from what I've gathered, boost can optionally depend on python and gzip+bzip2 libraries. If anyone can think of something I have missed, let me know. Thanks,

The Regex library can depend on ICU. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com