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bjam is the old name of the engine used by Boost.Build The new name is b2

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How to compile boost with -g debug flag?

I want to recompile our boost library, but with the -g, debugging flag enabled. I've been reading and see that we build boost with jam. While I know make very well, jam has always eluded me and my frustration is mounting.
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Trying to build Boost: I cannot get bjam

I would like to build boost using two different compilers, MinGW and Visual C++ 2010 Express, using bjam: bjam toolset=gcc,msvc variant=release link=static,shared threading=multi install The problem is that I do not have bjam. I could not find it…
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How do I build boost with Visual Studio 2008 when I have multiple Visual Studio versions installed?

I know how to build boost with the latest visual studio on my machine (this question, for example) However, I need to build the libs for Visual Studio 2008 (vc9) I tried using toolset=vc9 but I get problems/no success. How can I build the libs for…
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Boost bjam versus GNU make

I am a newbie to Boost C++ libraries. I was wondering if there are any advantages of Boost bjam over GNU make? And what are the cons if I use make for building C++ code utilizing Boost.Python libraries?
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#define in Boost Jamfiles

This is my project structure: MainFolder - Jamroot.jam - AnotherFolder - libFolder - Jamfile.jam - cpp files I have an #ifdef in one of the cpp files. Example: #ifdef SOMEVALUE Code #endif I need to compile the cpp…
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Using boost.python with make instead of bjam

I'm just trying to compile the "hello world" example of boost.python WITHOUT using all the bjam magic. My boost.python installation is working, I did succesfully build the example with bjam and passed the test suite. Now for my project I need to use…
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Static Compile of Thread Example

I compiled the Boost C++ libraries as follows: bjam install variant=release link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static No errors. Then I compiled the following source: #include #include #define…
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Building a subset of boost libraries

I'm trying to build only a subset of boost libraries. For example, I have this code: test.cpp: #include int main (){ return 0; } I then do ./bcp --scan test.cpp ~/dev/boost_compact/ So the dependencies files are copied to…
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BJam not compiling boost libraries with '-mt' tag when multi threading specified

I'm trying to compile boost v1.55 libraries for osx, with multi threading support. My user-config.jam configures the compiler as follows: using clang : osx : xcrun clang -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libstdc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.9 ; And the…
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Change boost.build jamfile for C++11 support?

I have been using boost.build or b2 for building a project. I am trying to add C++11 contructs like auto and begin but the standard invokation b2 release in the directory with the Jamfile does not recognize these.
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fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_date_time-vc100-mt-gd-1_53.lib' - file ignored, no matter what i link

I have just bjamed boost and it seems like its still gonna refuse to work (I alread have tried and given up to make this library). What I did was, that I launched bjam.exe and I linked: include directories: C:\ ... \boost_1_53_0 Library…
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Boost.Build/bjam and Qt

I'm trying to set up a Boost.Build .jamroot file for compiling a Qt 4.8 project, but it seems to be ignoring the.ui files and the .cpp files that should be moc:ed. I tried poking around inside qt4.jam, adding some more ECHO:s, but I'm not sure where…
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Help compiling and using boost c++ libraries

I am working on a C++ project where I'd like to use boost's serialization libraries. I downloaded and installed the latest boost libraries from boost's home page. When I tried to compile and run the one of boost's demo serialization examples, I got…
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Boost 1.57.0 bootstrap.bat not working for Visual Studio .NET 2003

On a dev machine Vista SP1 with only Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1 installed - with boost 1.44.0 I have no problem to generate b2.exe and bjam.exe using bootstrap.bat - with boost 1.57.0 I get this error message when running bootstrap.bat : …
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how to determine value of cxxflags in bjam? Or append to it?

I need to add to compiler flags using bjam. So either I need a way to append to the existing flags -- like CXXFLAGS+=whatever using gmake -- or I need to know the currently-used value of cxxflags so I can replace it with my additions. As usual, the…
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