The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.lang.python as well. Bren <iambrenNOSPAM@sympatico.ca> writes:

Hi,

Pardon my stupid, but I'm having a problem building Boost.Python as per the instructions at http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/building.html

I got boost-build-2.0-m6.zip from sourceforge and build bjam.exe.

It is possible to build Boost.Python under Boost.Build-2.0, but not using those instructions. Boost.Build v1 is still the official build system of Boost for the time being. [Boost.Build guys, do we need to rename the BBv2 prerelease so this confusion doesn't recur?] It looks like you're on windows, so you should either get the precompiled executable in bjam-3.1.4-2-ntx86.zip, or visit the tools/build/jam_src subdirectory of your Boost installation and invoke build.bat as per http://www.boost.org/tools/build/jam_src/index.html#installing

I've tried several ways:

bjam -a bjam -sTOOLS="msvc" bjam -sTOOLS=msvc

I tried with and without the using msvc ; in user-config.jam.

In every case I get:

C:/Project/boost/tools\boostbook.jam:86: in boostbook.init *** argument error * rule path.make ( native ) * called with: ( ) * missing argument native C:/Project/boost/new\path.jam:42:see definition of rule 'path.make' being called

C:/Project/boost/new\toolset.jam:22: in using C:\Project\boost\new\../new\user-config.jam:58: in modules.load C:/Project/boost\build-system.jam:55: in load C:\Project\boost\new\..\kernel\modules.jam:296: in import C:\Project\boost\new\..\kernel\bootstrap.jam:122: in boost-build C:\Project\boost\new\boost-build.jam:2: in module scope

Can anyone help?

HTH, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com