Andrey Melnikov <melnikov@simplexsoft.com> writes:
David Abrahams wrote:
Andrey Melnikov <melnikov@simplexsoft.com> writes:
David Abrahams wrote:
---- It is strongly recommended that you simply download a prebuilt bjam executable for your platform:
Avoid the passive voice.
I just quoted a wrong place.. Look at this variant. I changed a lot.
---- We compiled a version of bjam executable (bjam.exe or bjam) for you, and tested it with Boost release. We strongly recommend you simply to download prebuilt bjam for your platform: - <a>windows</a> - <a>linux</a> - <a>freebsd</a> - <a>solaris</a> - <a>Mac OS X</a>
If your platform isn't in the list, or if you downloaded the latest Boost beta sources from CVS instead of official Boost release, <a>installation guide</a> describes how to compile bjam from sources located in tools/build/jam_src by running build.bat or build.sh.
Latest Boost sources may fail to compile with prebuilt bjam because prebuilt version could become incompatible with Boost *.jam files. -----
You are missing a bunch of articles, and personally, I don't like the style of "We compiled ... for you." It seems that it would better to say that using the prebuilt bjam executable, if there is one available, -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard