boost-jam @3.1.18 bootstrap.jam not installed

[wichert@…]

As far as I can see the bjam data files are not installed. As a quick test I tried compiling the Boost.Python example:

bash-3.2$ cd /opt/local/share/doc/boost/libs/python/example/quickstart
bash-3.2$ bjam
Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find build system.
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/opt/local/share/doc/boost/libs/python/example/quickstart/boost-build.jam attempted to load the build system by invoking

   'boost-build ../../../../tools/build/v2 ;'

but we were unable to find "bootstrap.jam" in the specified directory
or in BOOST_BUILD_PATH (searching /opt/local/share/doc/boost/libs/python/example/quickstart/../../../../tools/build/v2, /opt/local/share/boost-build).

Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.

[dev@…]

Seems to be missing some of the stuff I'm used to as well, such as a template user-config.jam.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Neither bootstrap.jam nor user-config.jam exists in the source distribution. I think this port was made solely for the purpose of building boost, and is now obsolete for that. So maybe it should just be removed.

[m214089]

Cc Me!

[akimd (Akim Demaille)]

Cc Me!

[akimd (Akim Demaille)]

It is my understanding that, indeed, BJam is broken on MacPorts. Yet this ticket is three years old :/ Is there anyone monitoring this issue?

A BJam port is probably useful as it's the documented way to start using some Boost components, such as Boost.Python.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

See #58248.