Ok. I went back and built bjam and jam from .\tools\build\jam_src. Then I tried: /path-to-jam/jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. sTOOLS=msvc and got: <result> Couldn't find Python 2.1 installation in c:/tools/python skipping Boost.Python library build You can configure the location of your python installation, by setting: PYTHON_ROOT - currently "c:/tools/python" PYTHON_VERSION - currently "2.1" The following are automatically configured from PYTHON_ROOT if not otherwise set PYTHON_INCLUDES - path to Python #include directories; currently PYTHON_LIB_PATH - path to Python library; currently "c:/tools/python/libs" "c:/tools/python/PCBuild" PYTHON_STDLIB_PATH - path to Python standard library modules; currently "c:/tools/python/Lib" D:\dev\boost\tools\build\allyourbase.jam:609: in C++ warning: unknown rule C++-action D:\dev\boost\tools\build\allyourbase.jam:1065: in Object D:\dev\boost\tools\build\allyourbase.jam:1122: in Objects <snip> D:\dev\boost\tools\build\boost-base.jam:1751: in lib libs\thread\build\Jamfile:59: in load-jamfiles D:\dev\boost\tools\build\allyourbase.jam:1580: in SubInclude D:\dev\boost\tools\build\allyourbase.jam:1178: in subinclude Jamfile:3: in load-jamfiles D:\dev\boost\tools\build\bootstrap.jam:15: in boost-build D:\dev\boost\boost-build.jam:2: in module scope ...found 347 targets... ...updating 12 targets... File libs\regex\build\bin-stage\libboost_regex_debug.lib The system cannot find the file specified. copy libs\regex\build\bin\libboost_regex.lib\mvcs\debug\libboost_regex.lib libs\regex\build\bin-stage\libboost_regex_debug.lib ...failed File libs\regex\build\bin-stage\libboost_regex_debug.lib... File libs\regex\build\bin-stage\libboost_regex.lib The system cannot find the file specified. <snip> </result> Should I just wait for the 1.28.0 pre-build Jam executables (and associated instructions) to be posted? "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams@ To: boost-users@yahoogroups.com rcn.com> cc: Sent by: news Subject: [Boost-Users] Re: build setup - what have I missed? <news@main.gmane .org> 05/08/2002 09:29 PM Please respond to Boost-Users <dick.bridges@tais.com> wrote in message news:OFC855DCA5.CAFBF8DF-ON88256BB3.007925A3@tais.net...

This worked once. Then the [yeah, it wasn't backed up] disk drive died. Target system is Win2000, SP5 and MS Visual C++ 6.0, SP5.

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I've clearly screwed something up but I can't figure out what. Help would be appreciated.

This might hold your answer: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1193795 -Dave P.S. Toon, did you post this one to Boost-user? Info: <http://www.boost.org> Wiki: <http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl> Unsubscribe: <mailto:boost-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/