For debug purposes, how can I see if a variable is set in b2 ? aka. test if a variable is defined in b2 ...

I am trying to build libtorrent using b2 by following libtorrent building with boost build but I am facing this error when I do b2 install --prefix=PR ...

I have a lib target that needs different (additional) libraries on some OSes. I would like to do something like: but that returns error: propertie ...

I am trying to cross-compile Boost for Android, from a Dockcross container (i.e. it has the environment variables AS, AR, CC, CXX, LD set to the toolc ...

If I have a variable containing a list of file paths that may or may not exists, how can I filter-out the files that do not exists ? ...

My jamfile was working fine and now I have the following error: This is quite surprising because there is a single jamfile, a single project, no ot ...

I'm trying to compile Boost with the zlib package built into Ubuntu, but it cannot find it and thus gives me a zlib : no upon running ./b2. I definite ...

I want to use the rule new as shown in some of the documentation examples, but I get the error: What module should I import to access this rule ? ...

I would like to know how one can append items to a list in boost build/b2/bjam. I am sure this must be easy but the search engines do not provide a r ...

How can I replace a pattern in a list of strings in boost build ? In GNU make that could be done using substitution for changing file extension, or p ...

Whilst running the b2 install command as well as getting the libs I need built/installed the header files are copied over to the include directory. W ...

I am trying to build boost-python in a virtual machine running Ubuntu 18, following the guide https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_76_0/more/getting_start ...

I have spent an awful lot of time trying to upload files to b2 using clientside ajax requests (vue-dropzone.js), and even though I supplied the file's ...

I have a simple C program and such jamroot.jam: I can run b2 -d+2: After this I receive hello binary which depends on libstdc++: If I build i ...

I want to install Boost.Build, but if I want to run this command like in the tutorial: Then I get this error message: I have installed MinGw-w64 ...

I want to conditionally use a library (with alternatives) for targets. I don't want to add conditions such as <usefoo>yes:<library>foo eve ...

I want to build a simple dummy app like OfferUp where users can upload 5 images per listing. I would normally use AWS S3 with Cloudfront to serve the ...

I compile boost v1.72 from https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1_72_0/source Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS gcc : 7.5.0 It compiles with error: My sass ...

I am trying to build boost 1.70 with ICU support. For this, I built ICU (version 61.1) some time ago. In our internal system, I have this sort of dire ...

I am fairly new to boost python, and I am attempting to follow this tutorial: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/libs/python/doc/html/tutorial/tuto ...