On 6 January 2018 at 04:11, Christian Henning via Boost-users <boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:

This is rather strange. I have downloaded boost 1.66 and can build Boost.Build engine. But building the libs fails.

The full output is here:

https://pastebin.com/raw/mRriQDvq

Here is what I'm seeing:

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[vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x64'

C:\Users\chhenning\source>d:

D:\>cd boost

D:\boost>.\bootstrap.bat

Building Boost.Build engine

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://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html

    - Boost.Build documentation:

    http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/index.html

D:\boost>b2 -j8 --toolset=msvc variant=release link=static runtime-link=shared address-model=64 define=_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE define=_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE define=_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE define=_SECURE_SCL=0 define=_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBUGGING=0 define=BOOST_REGEX_MATCH_EXTRA stage

Performing configuration checks

    - 32-bit                   : no  (cached)

    - 64-bit                   : no  (cached)

    - arm                      : no  (cached)

    - mips1                    : no  (cached)

    - power                    : no  (cached)

    - sparc                    : no  (cached)

    - x86                      : no  (cached)

    - combined                 : no  (cached)

    - symlinks supported       : no  (cached)

    - junctions supported      : yes (cached)

    - hardlinks supported      : yes (cached)

error: No best alternative for libs/context/build/asm_sources

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>qcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>o32 <address-model>32 <architecture>mips1 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>o32 <address-model>32 <architecture>mips1 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32_64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang-win

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>intel

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>intel

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang-win

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>intel

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32_64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi

        not matched

    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <architecture>combined <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi

        not matched

    - C++11 mutex              : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_auto_declarations : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_constexpr : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_defaulted_functions : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_final : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_mutex : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_regex : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_tuple : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_lambdas : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_noexcept : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_nullptr : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_rvalue_references : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_template_aliases : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_thread_local : no  (cached)

    - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_variadic_templates : no  (cached)

    - has_icu builds           : no  (cached)

warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.

note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam

    - zlib                     : no  (cached)

    - bzip2                    : no  (cached)

    - lzma                     : no  (cached)

    - iconv (libc)             : no  (cached)

    - iconv (separate)         : no  (cached)

    - icu                      : no  (cached)

    - icu (lib64)              : no  (cached)

    - native-atomic-int32-supported : no  (cached)

    - message-compiler         : yes (cached)

    - native-syslog-supported  : no  (cached)

    - pthread-supports-robust-mutexes : no  (cached)

    - compiler-supports-visibility : no  (cached)

    - x86                      : no  (cached)

    - arm                      : no  (cached)

    - mips1                    : no  (cached)

    - power                    : no  (cached)

    - sparc                    : no  (cached)

    - gcc visibility           : no  (cached)

    - long double support      : no  (cached)

warning: skipping optional Message Passing Interface (MPI) library.

note: to enable MPI support, add "using mpi ;" to user-config.jam.

note: to suppress this message, pass "--without-mpi" to bjam.

note: otherwise, you can safely ignore this message.

    - libbacktrace builds      : no  (cached)

    - addr2line builds         : no  (cached)

    - WinDbg builds            : no  (cached)

    - WinDbgCached builds      : no  (cached)

Component configuration:

    - atomic                   : building

    - chrono                   : building

    - container                : building

    - context                  : building

    - coroutine                : building

    - date_time                : building

    - exception                : building

    - fiber                    : building

    - filesystem               : building

    - graph                    : building

    - graph_parallel           : building

    - iostreams                : building

    - locale                   : building

    - log                      : building

    - math                     : building

    - mpi                      : building

    - program_options          : building

    - python                   : building

    - random                   : building

    - regex                    : building

    - serialization            : building

    - signals                  : building

    - stacktrace               : building

    - system                   : building

    - test                     : building

    - thread                   : building

    - timer                    : building

    - type_erasure             : building

    - wave                     : building

...patience...

...patience...

...patience...

...patience...

...patience...

...patience...

...found 16860 targets...

...updating 401 targets...

compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\atomic\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\lockpool.obj

'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

    call "C:\Users\CHHENN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\b2_msvc_14.1_vcvarsx86_amd64_.cmd" >nul

cl /Zm800 -nologo @"bin.v2\libs\atomic\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\lockpool.obj.rsp"

...failed compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\atomic\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\lockpool.obj...

...skipped <pbin.v2\libs\atomic\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi>libboost_atomic-vc141-mt-1_66.lib for lack of <pbin.v2\libs\atomic\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi>lockpool.obj...

...skipped <pstage\lib>libboost_atomic-vc141-mt-1_66.lib for lack of <pbin.v2\libs\atomic\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi>libboost_atomic-vc141-mt-1_66.lib...

compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\system\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\error_code.obj

'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

    call "C:\Users\CHHENN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\b2_msvc_14.1_vcvarsx86_amd64_.cmd" >nul

cl /Zm800 -nologo @"bin.v2\libs\system\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\error_code.obj.rsp"

...failed compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\system\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\error_code.obj...

...skipped <pbin.v2\libs\system\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi>libboost_system-vc141-mt-1_66.lib for lack of <pbin.v2\libs\system\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi>error_code.obj...

...skipped <pstage\lib>libboost_system-vc141-mt-1_66.lib for lack of <pbin.v2\libs\system\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi>libboost_system-vc141-mt-1_66.lib...

compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\chrono\build\msvc-14.1\release\address-model-64\link-static\threadapi-win32\threading-multi\chrono.obj

'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

[snip]

Anyone any idea what is going on?

I did something similar but without a problem, here is my build script I used, with boost directory being the boost 1.66 sources:

pushd .\boost

call bootstrap.bat

set BOOST_INSTALL_DIR=../boost-install

set BOOST_BUILD_TOOLSET=msvc-14.1

set BOOST_BUILD_TYPE=complete

set BOOST_BUILD_PROCS=8

for %%x in (32 64) do (

call b2 install --prefix=%BOOST_INSTALL_DIR% -j%BOOST_BUILD_PROCS% --buid-type=%BOOST_BUILD_TYPE% toolset=%BOOST_BUILD_TOOLSET% architecture=x86 address-model=%%x threading=multi

)

popd

What's weird is that your error is mainly that cl is not found. Maybe try with --toolset=msvc-14.1 to be more specific but I fail to see why it would  be necessary,

it seems to be tedected from the library names generated.

I don't know the other flags you are using so they might play a role in your problem.

A. Joël Lamotte