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Bug 53852 - current configureation of boost-jam (3.1.4 and 3.1.9) should require boost
Summary: current configureation of boost-jam (3.1.4 and 3.1.9) should require boost
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2004-06-13 21:16 UTC by John (EBo) David
Modified: 2004-06-14 11:03 UTC (History)
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Description John (EBo) David 2004-06-13 21:16:50 UTC
Synopsys:
  boost-jam emerges fine however the associated jam files (installed by dev-libs/boost in /usr/share/boost by default) are not installed by boost-jam.  

Rationale:
  Since I have three separate installations of boost that I am using for various projects, I wanted to maintain boost-jam independantly.  As boost-jam is currently installed, it requires dev/libs/boost to be also installed.

Replication:
  1) unmerge boost if installed
  2) emerge boost-jam
  3) look for boost-build.jam or other .jam utilities and tools...
        they are not installed.

Workaround:
  emerging boost solves most problems (will address other issues in another report).  This can be done easily by adding a dependency:  DEPEND="dev-libs/boost !dev-util/jam"

  I think a better solution would be to install the associated .jam files which are installed as part of boost.  The advantage is that boost-jam could be installed and used on small installations without having to also load the boost libraries (which are rather large).
Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-06-14 11:03:34 UTC
fixed in cvs