Edward Diener wrote:
John Maddock wrote:
I attempted to build bcp with Jam V2 and como under Win2k with the latest CVS source and the latest bjam.exe. My como installation is in H:\Utilities\Comeau directory and is already set up to use a back end compiler.
I can't comment on bjam -v2, but it builds just fine with the usual bjam version 1, with VC7.1:
bjam -sTOOLS=vc7.1
It doesn't build with bjam --v2. Should it ?
For a toolset supported by V2, it should. In particular, vc7.1 is supported and should work.
There is a jamfile.v2 in the bcp directory. Is bjam version 2 and the Build System version 2 still works in progress which end users should not use. I can't make out whether version 2 is completed and errors should be reported when it doesn't work or whether I should stick with using version 1 and assume that version 2 will be ready sometime in the future.
Definitely, errors should be reported and will be appreciated. V2 is not 100% ready (e.g. the "install" functionality is missing), but overall is expected to work. I use it daily to build both my project and Boost.
I also find the version 2 docs and explanations less than helpful. Any enlightenment on this situation would be welcome.
If you could report your observation at jamboost@yahoogroups.com mailing list we can see what can be improved. - Volodya