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<img src="../../c++boost.gif" alt="c++boost.gif (8819 bytes)" align= "center" width="277" height="86">Building
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Boost Libraries</h1>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="5" width="656">
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<tr>
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<td width="638"><font size="5" color="#FF0000"><b>Read This First!</b></font>
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<p>Boost.Build is currently in preliminary form. Some features are
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missing or incomplete. Instructions for accomplishing basic tasks (this
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page) are rudimentary. But enough functionality is working well to
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make providing Boost.Build worthwhile. The important bits-and-pieces
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are all there - what is left to do is some of the relatively minor glue to
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make the system smooth and easy to use.</p>
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<p>Don't expect building a full Boost object library for any random
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compiler to work yet. If there isn't a jam configuration file for
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your favorite compiler, consider contributing one. Secondary tasks like
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copying libraries to installation specific directories are also weak.</p>
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<p>Do expect building object libraries for some of the individual Boost
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libraries like Python and Regex Libraries to show lots of signs of life.</p>
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<p>Note that the underlying Jam build engine is mature software, and has
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been widely used for many years. The FTJam and Boost specific
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extensions are well on their way to being stable, and have begun to attract interest and use
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outside of Boost.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>These instructions explain how to accomplish common tasks using <b>Boost.Build</b>,
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the <a href="build_system.htm">Boost Build System</a>.</p>
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the Boost Build System.</p>
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<p>For tasks not covered here, see the full <a href="build_system.htm">build
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system documentation</a>.</p>
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<h2>Preliminaries</h2>
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directory structure into some root directory.</li>
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<li>Download FTJam, and install the binary executable where it will be found
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when invoked from the command line.</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<ul>
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<li>For easy-to-build source files, see the <a href="http://freetype.sourceforge.net/jam/index.html">FTJam</a>
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SourceForge site.</li>
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<li>For Win32 systems, <a href="http://www.esva.net/~beman/ftp/jam.exe">download
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a pre-build executable</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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</blockquote>
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<ul>
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<li>Set any environmental variables required to run your compiler and related
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tools from the command line.</li>
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tools from the command line. Verify your command line compiler is working if
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you don't use it regularly.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Building Boost Libraries</h2>
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<p>Using your operating system's command line interpreter, execute the following
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steps. The sample commands given will work for both UNIX and Windows.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Change to the Boost root directory. (The directory you unpacked the
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distribution into. Should contain the file c++boost.gif,
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distribution into. Among others, it contain the file c++boost.gif,
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subdirectories boost, libs, more, etc.)</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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<h2><a name="Tools">Tools</a></h2>
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<p>Unless otherwise specified, the library is assumed to be the one shipped with
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the compiler.</p>
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<p>Additional tools may be supplied by adding an appropriate xxxx-tools.jam file
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to the tools/build subdirectory, where xxxx is the name of the tool being
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added..</p>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
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<tr>
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<td><b>Name</b></td>
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<td><b>TOOLS Name</b></td>
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<td><b>Description</b></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>msvc</code></td>
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<td>Microsoft Visual C++ command line compiler tools</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>vacpp</td>
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<td>IBM Visual Age C++ command line compiler tools</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p>Unless otherwise specified, the library is assumed to be the one shipped with
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the compiler.</p>
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<p>Additional tools can be supplied by adding an appropriate xxxx-tools.jam file
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to the tools/build subdirectory, where xxxx is the name of the tool being
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added..</p>
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<hr>
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<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->29 July, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="21080" -->
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<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->19 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34359" -->
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</p>
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<p>© Beman Dawes, 2001</p>
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<p>Written by Beman Dawes</p>
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<p> </p>
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</body>
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<img src="../../c++boost.gif" alt="c++boost.gif (8819 bytes)" align= "center" width="277" height="86">Building
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Boost Libraries</h1>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="5" width="656">
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<tr>
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<td width="638"><font size="5" color="#FF0000"><b>Read This First!</b></font>
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<p>Boost.Build is currently in preliminary form. Some features are
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missing or incomplete. Instructions for accomplishing basic tasks (this
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page) are rudimentary. But enough functionality is working well to
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make providing Boost.Build worthwhile. The important bits-and-pieces
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are all there - what is left to do is some of the relatively minor glue to
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make the system smooth and easy to use.</p>
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<p>Don't expect building a full Boost object library for any random
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compiler to work yet. If there isn't a jam configuration file for
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your favorite compiler, consider contributing one. Secondary tasks like
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copying libraries to installation specific directories are also weak.</p>
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<p>Do expect building object libraries for some of the individual Boost
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libraries like Python and Regex Libraries to show lots of signs of life.</p>
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<p>Note that the underlying Jam build engine is mature software, and has
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been widely used for many years. The FTJam and Boost specific
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extensions are well on their way to being stable, and have begun to attract interest and use
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outside of Boost.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>These instructions explain how to accomplish common tasks using <b>Boost.Build</b>,
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the <a href="build_system.htm">Boost Build System</a>.</p>
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the Boost Build System.</p>
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<p>For tasks not covered here, see the full <a href="build_system.htm">build
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system documentation</a>.</p>
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<h2>Preliminaries</h2>
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@ -25,15 +46,26 @@ system documentation</a>.</p>
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directory structure into some root directory.</li>
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<li>Download FTJam, and install the binary executable where it will be found
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when invoked from the command line.</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<ul>
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<li>For easy-to-build source files, see the <a href="http://freetype.sourceforge.net/jam/index.html">FTJam</a>
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SourceForge site.</li>
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<li>For Win32 systems, <a href="http://www.esva.net/~beman/ftp/jam.exe">download
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a pre-build executable</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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</blockquote>
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<ul>
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<li>Set any environmental variables required to run your compiler and related
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tools from the command line.</li>
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tools from the command line. Verify your command line compiler is working if
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you don't use it regularly.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Building Boost Libraries</h2>
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<p>Using your operating system's command line interpreter, execute the following
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steps. The sample commands given will work for both UNIX and Windows.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Change to the Boost root directory. (The directory you unpacked the
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distribution into. Should contain the file c++boost.gif,
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distribution into. Among others, it contain the file c++boost.gif,
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subdirectories boost, libs, more, etc.)</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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@ -52,14 +84,9 @@ steps. The sample commands given will work for both UNIX and Windows.</p>
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</blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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<h2><a name="Tools">Tools</a></h2>
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<p>Unless otherwise specified, the library is assumed to be the one shipped with
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the compiler.</p>
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<p>Additional tools may be supplied by adding an appropriate xxxx-tools.jam file
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to the tools/build subdirectory, where xxxx is the name of the tool being
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added..</p>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
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<tr>
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<td><b>Name</b></td>
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<td><b>TOOLS Name</b></td>
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<td><b>Description</b></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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@ -86,11 +113,20 @@ added..</p>
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<td><code>msvc</code></td>
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<td>Microsoft Visual C++ command line compiler tools</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>vacpp</td>
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<td>IBM Visual Age C++ command line compiler tools</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p>Unless otherwise specified, the library is assumed to be the one shipped with
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the compiler.</p>
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<p>Additional tools can be supplied by adding an appropriate xxxx-tools.jam file
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to the tools/build subdirectory, where xxxx is the name of the tool being
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added..</p>
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<hr>
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<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->29 July, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="21080" -->
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<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->19 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34359" -->
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</p>
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<p>© Beman Dawes, 2001</p>
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<p>Written by Beman Dawes</p>
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<p> </p>
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</body>
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