[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#493323: empty /etc/site-config.jam renders boost-build unusable as packaged

[Buck Huppmann]

Package: boost-build
Version: 2.0-m11-2
Severity: important

bjam complained that no toolsets were configured, and strace-ing
it indicated that it would ignore /etc/user-config.jam and read
/usr/share/boost-build/user-config.jam, which apparently didn't
have what it needed either

i had to copy /etc/user-config.jam to /etc/site-config.jam, with
the following modifications:

--- /etc/user-config.jam        2008-08-01 22:38:15.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/site-config.jam        2008-08-01 22:45:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -14,3 +14,3 @@
 
-import toolset : using gcc;
+import toolset ;
 
@@ -19,3 +19,3 @@
 #  Configure gcc (default version)
-#  using gcc ;
+using gcc ;
 
@@ -52,2 +52 @@
 #  using qt : /usr/opt/qt ;
-

i.e., i also had to delete the blank line at the end of the file

maybe it's just me, however

additionally, boost-build won't build the python_helpers in the
examples directory. i guess it (or bjam?) was built without be-
ing dependent on python-dev, but i think that's also a major
detriment to usability

otherwise, thanks for all your work on this package. i'm only
reporting this cause i think it's a major problem for n00bs
like me, so hopefully this one bug report can help cut down
on some of the traffic you'd receive from us. (i.e., maybe it
turns up in google or something)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.iso8859-1)

Versions of packages boost-build depends on:
ii  bjam                          3.1.13-1   Software build tool

boost-build recommends no packages.

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