I just tried to rebuild the Getting Started Guild on Windows 7, something I had done many times on XP.
cd \boost\trunk\more\getting_started bjam
The build failed. Inspecting the output turned up the message: python: can't open file 'C:/Program Files/Python26/Lib/site-packages/docutils/tools/rst2ht ml.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory Ah! Because of the Win 7 upgrade, Python was reinstalled, and docutils needs to be installed again, too. Did that, but same problem. Ah! I remember from past pain. The docutils install doesn't install "tools", you have to do that by hand. Did that. That worked. Only half an hour of my time wasted. If I had been a new user or developer, it would have been much longer. Here is what I think should have happened: When the build failed, a dialog box or console message should have popped up telling me that docutils/tools aren't installed, and asking me if I wanted docutils/tools to be installed. If I answered yes, the necessary download and install steps should have been performed automatically. Furthermore, I think the same thing should happen for any tool used by Boost, whether it be for documentation or other purposes. I guess I mean any tool run via bjam, at least at first. This sort of auto install when needed is happens routinely for non-boost apps on my Ubuntu system. It saves much time and aggravation. Thoughts? --Beman