Re: [Boost-users] How to build guid lib?

Andy writes:

"Christian Henning" wrote in news:949801310702191703n7df5e1dat38ad33d43cbb538b@mail.gmail.com:

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Hi Andy, sorry but there is no --version option. When executing bjam -help there is no version number either. But I have downloaded the latest version of bjam. I think it was version 3.1.x and it still doesn't work. How is it suppose to work?

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On my computer running: D:\> set BOOST_ROOT=D:\libraries\boost_1_33_1 D:\> set BOOST_BUILD_PATH=D:\libraries\boost_1_33_1\tools\build\v2 D:\>bjam -v Boost.Jam Version 3.1.13. OS=NT. Copyright 1993-2002 Christopher Seiwald and Perforce Software, Inc. Copyright 2001 David Turner. Copyright 2001-2004 David Abrahams. Copyright 2002-2005 Rene Rivera. Copyright 2003-2005 Vladimir Prus.

It isn't the version of bjam that matters, so much...

D:\>bjam --version Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 10) Boost.Jam 03.1.13

That's what matters.

Note: Version 1 of bjam does not have a --version option, only version 2

It isn't part of bjam but of Boost.Build, which is a collection of .jam files. If Christian is trying this atop a boost-1.33.1 installation, he should type bjam --v2 --version and then, in $BOOST_ROOT/libs/guid/build, bjam --v2 -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com