[C++-sig] Problems with compiling with 'Hello World' from Boost::python

[David Abrahams]

on Fri Sep 07 2007, Martin Rosekeit <martin.rosekeit-AT-freenet.de> wrote:

> Moin, moin, group,
>
> I have problems to compile the 'Hello World' from Boost::python (http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/index.html).
>
> When I start bjam I get the following error message:
>    $ bjam
>    error: Could not find parent for project at '.'
>    error: Did not find Jamfile or project-root.jam in any parent directory.

Sounds like the tutorial may be broken.
Please try the instructions at http://boost.org/libs/python/doc/building.html

> My test-folder:
>    ~/temp$ ls
>    hellp.cpp  Jamfile  Jamrules
>
> My Jamfile:
>    # This is the top of our own project tree
>    project-root ;
>
>    import python ;
>
>    extension hello                     # Declare a Python extension called hello
>    :   hello.cpp                       # source
>        # requirements and dependencies for Boost.Python extensions
>        <template>@boost/libs/python/build/extension

Okay, IIUC that's strictly a Boost.Build-v1-ism.  If so, and you got
that formula from the tutorial, the tutorial is definitely broken.


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