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    multiple values separated by spaces. Others, like the path above, can
    contain spaces. For such circumstances you should use quotes appropriate
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  <h3><a id="Tools" name="Tools">Supported Toolsets</a></h3>

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      <font size="6"><b><a id="step3" name="step3"></a>3</b></font></td>

      <td>The following toolsets are supported by Boost.Build. For
      information about <a href="#Configuring">configuring</a> each toolset,
      click its name in the leftmost column.</td>
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      <td><a href=
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      <td><a href=
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      <td><a href="http://www.comeaucomputing.com">Comeau C++</a> compiler
      front-end for non-Windows platforms</td>
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      <td><a href="http://www.comeaucomputing.com">Comeau C++</a> compiler
      front-end for Windows, using Microsoft <a href=
      "http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual C++</a>as a back-end.</td>
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      <td><a href="http://www.metrowerks.com">Metrowerks CodeWarrior</a> Pro
      6.x, 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x command-line tools</td>
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      <td>Apple Darwin OS hosted GNU <a href=
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      <td><a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/">Digital Mars C++</a>.</td>
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      <td><a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/">Digital Mars C++</a>, using
      the <a href="http://www.stlport.org">STLport</a> standard library
      implementation</td>
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      <td><a href="http://www.edg.com/">Edison Design Group</a> compiler
      front-end (evaluation version)</td>
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      <td><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org">GNU GCC</a> on Unix and <a href=
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      <td><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org">GNU GCC</a> on Unix and <a href=
      "http://www.cygwin.com">Cygwin</a>, using the <a href=
      "http://www.stlport.org">STLport</a> standard library
      implementation</td>
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      "../tools/build/v1/gcc-nocygwin-tools.html"><code>gcc-nocygwin</code></a></td>

      <td>GNU GCC Cygwin command line compiler tools running in "no-cygwin"
      mode (produces commercially redistributable objects)</td>
    </tr>

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      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/intel-linux-tools.html"><code>intel-linux</code></a></td>

      <td><a href=
      "http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60l/">Intel C++ for
      Linux</a></td>
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    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/intel-win32-tools.html"><code>intel-win32</code></a></td>

      <td><a href=
      "http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60/">Intel C++ for
      Windows</a> using the Dinkumware standard library in the Intel-required
      Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual C++</a> 6
      or 7 installation</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/kcc-tools.html"><code>kcc</code></a></td>

      <td>KAI C++</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/kylix-tools.html"><code>kylix</code></a></td>

      <td><a href="http://www.borland.com/kylix">Borland C++ for Linux
      (Kylix).</a></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/mingw-tools.html"><code>mingw</code></a></td>

      <td>GNU GCC and associated tools in <a href=
      "http://www.mingw.org">MinGW</a> configuration (produces commercially
      redistributable objects)</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/mingw-stlport-tools.html"><code>mingw-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td>GNU GCC and associated tools in <a href=
      "http://www.mingw.org">MinGW</a> configuration (produces commercially
      redistributable objects), using the <a href=
      "http://www.stlport.org">STLport</a> standard library
      implementation</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/mipspro-tools.html"><code>mipspro</code></a></td>

      <td>SGI <a href=
      "http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/languages/mipspro.html">MIPSpro
      C and C++</a></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/msvc-tools.html"><code>msvc</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> version 6 command-line tools. NOTE; For version 7.x (the .NET
      series) use the vc7, vc-7_1, or vc-8_0 toolsets below.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/msvc-stlport-tools.html"><code>msvc-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> version 6 command-line tools, using the <a href=
      "http://www.stlport.org">STLport</a> standard library implementation.
      NOTE; For version 7.x (the .NET series) use the vc7-stlport or
      vc-7_1-stlport toolsets below.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/sunpro-tools.html"><code>sunpro</code></a></td>

      <td><a href=
      "http://wwws.sun.com/software/sundev/suncc/index.html">SunPRO C++</a>
      compiler</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/tru64cxx-tools.html"><code>tru64cxx</code></a></td>

      <td><a href="http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/cplus/">Compaq C++</a> for
      Tru64 UNIX (versions prior to 6.5)</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/tru64cxx-tools.html"><code>tru64cxx65</code></a></td>

      <td><a href="http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/cplus/">Compaq C++</a>
      Version 6.5 for Tru64 UNIX</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vacpp-tools.html"><code>vacpp</code></a></td>

      <td><a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/software/ad/vacpp/">IBM Visual Age
      C++</a> command-line tools</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc7-tools.html"><code>vc7</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc7-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc7-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET + STLPort.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc-7_1-tools.html"><code>vc-7_1</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET 2003.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc-7_1-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc-7_1-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET 2003 + STLPort.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html"><code>vc-8_0</code></a></td>

      <td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
      C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET 2005.</td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <h2><a id="Build_Install" name="Build_Install"></a>Build and Install</h2>

  <p>The common build and install process is driven by the top-level build
  file (<a href="../Jamfile">Jamfile</a>).</p>

  <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" summary="" border="0">
    <tr valign="top" align="left">
      <td valign="top" align="center" width="40" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
      <font size="6"><b><a id="step4" name="step4"></a>4</b></font></td>

      <td>
        <p>First you need to change to the directory where you have the Boost
        distribution you downloaded. For example:</p>

        <blockquote>
          <p><code>chdir&nbsp;boost-1.31.0</code></p>
        </blockquote>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <p>The default build and install attempts to build all available libraries
  and install to default locations the libraries and Boost header files. On
  Unix systems the default install location is "<tt>/usr/local</tt>", and on
  Windows systems the default is "<tt>C:\Boost</tt>". Within those
  directories libraries are installed to the "<tt>lib</tt>" subdirectory, and
  headers to an "<tt>include/boost-1_31</tt>" subdirectory, the version will
  reflect the distribution you are installing.</p>

  <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%" summary="" border="0">
    <tr valign="top" align="left">
      <td valign="top" align="center" width="40" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
      <font size="6"><b><a id="step5" name="step5"></a>5</b></font></td>

      <td>
        Invoke the build system, specifying the <a href=
        "#Tools">toolset</a>(s) you wish to use, to build and install. For
        example for GNU/GCC.

        <blockquote>
          <p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=gcc" install</code></p>
        </blockquote>

        <p>Or if you are interested only in the built libraries you can have
        them built and collected to a common directory without
        installation.</p>

        <blockquote>
          <p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=gcc" stage</code></p>
        </blockquote>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <p>The build and install system can be controlled through a set of options
  similar in style to GNU configure options. The options allow you to, among
  other things, change the install location, disable building of libraries,
  etc. You can see a summary of the available options by invoking "<tt>bjam
  --help</tt>". The full invocation takes the form:</p>

  <blockquote>
    <p><code>bjam&nbsp;[<i>options</i>...] [install|stage]</code></p>
  </blockquote>

  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" summary="" border="1">
    <tr>
      <th>Action</th>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><i>none</i></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Only builds the Boost libraries. This
      lets you do the first part of what the <tt>install</tt> action normally
      does without copying the built libraries to the install location.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>install</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Builds and installs Boost libraries and
      headers.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>stage</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Builds the Boost libraries and copies
      them into a common directory.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <th nowrap>Option</th>

      <td valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--help</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Shows a short summary of the options and
      syntax of the command.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>-sTOOLS=&lt;<i>toolsets</i>&gt;</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">The list of tools to compile with.
      Usually only one is needed.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--prefix=PREFIX</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Install architecture independent files
      here.<br>
      Default; <tt>C:\Boost</tt> on Win32.<br>
      Default; <tt>/usr/local</tt> on Unix. Linux, etc.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>--exec-prefix=EPREFIX</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Install architecture dependent files
      here.<br>
      Default; <tt>PREFIX</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--libdir=DIR</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Install libraries here.<br>
      Default; <tt>EPREFIX/lib</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--includedir=DIR</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Install source headers here. The Boost
      headers are installed in a version specific
      "<tt>boost-&lt;version&gt;</tt>" subdirectory in this directory.<br>
      Default; <tt>PREFIX/include</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--builddir=DIR</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build in this location instead of
      building within the distribution tree. This moves where the sources for
      the libraries are compiled to before they are installed.
      Recommended!</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--stagedir=DIR</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">When staging only, with the
      "<tt>stage</tt>" action, copy to the given location.<br>
      Default; <tt>./stage</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>--without-&lt;<i>library</i>&gt;</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Do not build, stage, or install the
      specified library.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>--with-&lt;<i>library</i>&gt;</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build, stage, or install the specified
      library. This changes the default from trying to build all possible
      libraries, to only building the specified libraries.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>--with-python-root[=PYTHON_ROOT]</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build Boost.Python libraries with the
      Python devel packages located at <tt>PYTHON_ROOT</tt>. The Boost.Python
      libraries are built only if the build can find the Python development
      package at this location.<br>
      Default; <tt>C:\Python24</tt> on Win32.<br>
      Default; <tt>/usr</tt> on Unix, Linux, Cygwin, etc.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>--with-python-version[=2.4]</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build Boost.Python libraries with the
      Python version indicated.<br>
      Default; 2.4.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>--with-pydebug</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build Boost.Python libraries using the
      Python debug runtime. This builds an additional set of libraries for
      use with the debug version of Python. The regular versions of the
      Boost.Python libraries are also built.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>-sHAVE_ICU=1</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build Boost.Regex libraries with Unicode
      support provided by the <a href=
      "http://www-306.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/index.jsp">ICU
      libraries</a>. ICU must have been built with the same compiler that you
      are using to build Boost, and must be installed into your compiler's
      include and library search paths. See <a href=
      "../libs/regex/doc/install.html#unicode">the Boost.Regex installation
      documentation for more information</a>.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left">
      <tt>-sICU_PATH=<i>path</i></tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build Boost.Regex libraries with Unicode
      support provided by the <a href=
      "http://www-306.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/index.jsp">ICU
      libraries</a>. ICU must have been built with the same compiler that you
      are using to build Boost, and must have been built (or installed to)
      directory <i>path</i>. For example if you configured ICU with
      <tt>--prefix=/usr/local/icu/3.3</tt>, then use
      <tt>-sICU_PATH=/usr/local/icu/3.3</tt>. See <a href=
      "../libs/regex/doc/install.html#unicode">the Boost.Regex installation
      documentation for more information</a>.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="top" nowrap align="left"><tt>-sNO_COMPRESSION=1</tt></td>

      <td valign="top" align="left">Build Boost.Iostreams without support for
      the compression filters which rely on the non-Boost libraries zlib and
      libbz2. If you use Windows, this option is enabled by default. If you
      use UNIX, the compression filters will likely work with no
      configuration, so this option should not be necessary. For full details
      see <a href=
      "http://www.boost.org/libs/iostreams/doc/index.html?path=7">Boost.Iostreams
      Installation</a>.</td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <p>There are additional options as supported by <a href=
  "../tools/build/v1/build_system.htm">Boost.Build</a> and <a href=
  "../tools/jam/index.html">Boost.Jam</a>. Of the additional
  options perhaps the most imporant is "<tt>-s<a href=
  "../tools/build/v1/build_system.htm#build">BUILD</a>=&lt;features/variants&gt;</tt>"
  which lets you override what is built by default. The
  "<tt>&lt;features/variants&gt;</tt>" value is a list, separated by spaces,
  of build requests. Features take the form of a tag and a value or values.
  And variants are single symbolic names for a collection of features. For
  example the default is to request "<tt>debug release
  &lt;runtime-link&gt;static/dynamic &lt;threading&gt;single/multi</tt>", in
  which "<tt>debug</tt>" and "<tt>release</tt>" are variants, and the rest
  features with two values each.</p>

  <p>If you have some feedback about the build and install process please
  drop us a line at the <a href="mailing_lists.htm#jamboost">Boost.Build
  mailing list</a>. We are particularly interested if it works for your
  platform and if it there is anything that you feel could be done
  better.</p>

  <h2><a id="Results" name="Results"></a>Results</h2>

  <p>The results of building come in to forms: static libraries, and dynamic
  libraries. Depending on the platform the libraries produced have different
  names to accommodate the platform requirements. For a single Boost library
  the build with the default will produce eight different libraries. For
  example building the Boost.Datetime library on Unix type system it would
  produce:</p>

  <ol>
    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-d-1_31.so</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-d-1_31.so</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-1_31.so</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-1_31.so</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-d-1_31.a</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-d-1_31.a</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-1_31.a</tt></li>

    <li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-1_31.a</tt><br></li>
  </ol>

  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" summary="" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td colspan="11">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" summary=""
        border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Library Prefix</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>

      <td width="80%">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="7"><tt><font size=
      "+1">lib</font></tt></td>

      <td colspan="11">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" summary="" border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Library Name</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" rowspan="6"><tt><font size=
      "+1">boost_date_time</font></tt></td>

      <td colspan="10">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" summary=""
        border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Toolset</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="5"><tt><font size=
      "+1">-</font></tt></td>

      <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="5"><tt><font size=
      "+1">gcc</font></tt></td>

      <td colspan="8">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" summary="" border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Threading</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" rowspan="4"><tt><font size="+1">-</font></tt></td>

      <td valign="bottom" rowspan="4"><tt><font size="+1">mt</font></tt></td>

      <td colspan="6">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" summary=""
        border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Runtime</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="3"><tt><font size=
      "+1">-</font></tt></td>

      <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="3"><tt><font size=
      "+1">d</font></tt></td>

      <td colspan="4">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" summary="" border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Boost Version</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" rowspan="2"><tt><font size="+1">-</font></tt></td>

      <td valign="bottom" rowspan="2"><tt><font size=
      "+1">1_31</font></tt></td>

      <td colspan="2">
        <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" summary=""
        border="0">
          <tr>
            <th>&middot; Library Type</th>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><tt><font size=
      "+1">.a</font></tt></td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <h3>Library Prefix</h3>

  <p>The "lib" prefix on the libraries is a requirement on many platforms,
  like Unix, and on others like GCC running on Windows. The prefix is
  therefore added to all libraries on Unix type systems, and to static
  libraries on Windows. That is on Unix shared libraries and static libraries
  (object archives) are named respectively:</p>

  <ul>
    <li><tt>lib*.so</tt></li>

    <li><tt>lib*.a</tt></li>
  </ul>

  <p>On Windows shared libraries do not have the prefix to differentiate the
  import libraries from static libraries. Consequently on Windows the
  libraries are named:</p>

  <table id="Table1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="300" border="0">
    <tr>
      <td><font face="Courier New">*.dll</font></td>

      <td>Dynamic library version.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><font face="Courier New">*.lib</font></td>

      <td>Import library for the dll.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><font face="Courier New">lib*.lib</font></td>

      <td>Static library version.</td>
    </tr>
  </table><br>
  <br>

  <h3>Library Name</h3>

  <p>For Boost libraries the name has the "<tt>boost_</tt>" prefix to
  separate them from other libraries in your system.</p>

  <h3>Toolset</h3>

  <p>The toolset name is an abbreviation based on the compiler you are
  building with. The abbreviation is composed of a short, 2 to 4 characters,
  tag for the compiler and a version number of the compiler's major and minor
  revision (if available). For example if your toolset is
  "<tt>gcc-3_2_3</tt>" the toolset tag would be "<tt>gcc32</tt>". The toolset
  abbreviations used are as follows:</p>

  <table cellpadding="5" summary="" border="1">
    <tr>
      <td><b>TOOLS Name</b></td>

      <td><b>Abbreviation</b></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/borland-tools.html"><code>borland</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>bcb</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/como-tools.html"><code>como</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>como</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/como-tools.html">como-win32</a></code></td>

      <td><tt>como</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href="../tools/build/v1/cw-tools.html"><code>cw</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>cw</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/darwin-tools.html"><code>darwin</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>osx</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/dmc-tools.html"><code>dmc</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>dmc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/dmc-stlport-tools.html"><code>dmc-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>dmc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/edg-tools.html"><code>edg</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>edg</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/gcc-tools.html"><code>gcc</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>gcc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/gcc-stlport-tools.html"><code>gcc-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>gcc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/gcc-nocygwin-tools.html"><code>gcc-nocygwin</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>gcc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/intel-linux-tools.html"><code>intel-linux</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>il</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/intel-win32-tools.html"><code>intel-win32</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>iw</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/kcc-tools.html"><code>kcc</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>kcc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/kylix-tools.html"><code>kylix</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>bck</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/mingw-tools.html"><code>mingw</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>mgw</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/mingw-stlport-tools.html"><code>mingw-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>mgw</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/mipspro-tools.html"><code>mipspro</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>mp</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/msvc-tools.html"><code>msvc</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/msvc-stlport-tools.html"><code>msvc-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/sunpro-tools.html"><code>sunpro</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>sw</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/tru64cxx-tools.html"><code>tru64cxx</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>tru</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/tru64cxx-tools.html"><code>tru64cxx65</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>tru</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vacpp-tools.html"><code>vacpp</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>xlc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc7-tools.html"><code>vc7</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc7-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc7-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc-7_1-tools.html"><code>vc-7_1</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc-7_1-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc-7_1-stlport</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><a href=
      "../tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html"><code>vc-8_0</code></a></td>

      <td><tt>vc</tt></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Others</td>

      <td>The first part of the toolset name.</td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <h3>Threading</h3>

  <p>This tag indicates if the library is compiled with threading support. If
  threading is enabled "<tt>-mt</tt>" is added, otherwise nothing is
  added.</p>

  <h3>Runtime</h3>

  <p>This specifies the type of runtime the library was compiled against, and
  the type of code that is compiled. More commonly this encodes the ABI
  variation used in the code. For each feature of the runtime system and code
  compilation option a single letter is added to this tag.</p>

  <table cellpadding="5" summary="" border="1">
    <tr>
      <td><b>Key</b></td>

      <td><b>Feature</b></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><tt>s</tt></td>

      <td>Static link to runtime.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><tt>g</tt></td>

      <td>Debug runtime.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><tt>y</tt></td>

      <td>Debug Python system.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><tt>d</tt></td>

      <td>Debug enabled code.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><tt>p</tt></td>

      <td>STLport runtime, instead of the vendor toolset runtime.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><tt>n</tt></td>

      <td>STLport runtime using the "native" IO streams instead of the
      STLport IO streams.</td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <p>For example if you compile debug code for STLport using native IO
  streams, and statically link to the debug runtime the tag would be:
  "<tt>-sgdpn</tt>".</p>

  <h3>Boost Version</h3>

  <p>This is the short label for the version of the Boost Libraries. The
  major and minor version numbers are taken together separated by an
  underscore. For example version 1.31.0 would be tagged as "<tt>-1_31</tt>".
  For patch versions the patch number is also included, for example a version
  of 1.31.1 would be tagged as "<tt>-1_31_1</tt>".</p>

  <h3>Library Type</h3>

  <p>The extension holds the type of library. This follows the platform
  requirements. On Windows this is "<tt>.dll</tt>" for shared libraries, and
  "<tt>.lib</tt>" for static libraries including import libraries. On Unix
  this is ".a" for static libraries (archives), and ".so" for shared
  libraries. For toolsets that support it in Unix they will also have a full
  version extension (for example "<tt>.so.1.31.0</tt>") with a symbolic link
  for the un-versioned library.</p>

  <h2><a name="auto-link"></a>Automatic Linking on Windows</h2>

  <p>For most Boost libraries that have separate source, the correct build
  variant is linked against automatically when you include one of that
  library's header files.&nbsp; For this feature to work, your compiler must
  support the <code>#pragma comment(lib, name)</code> feature (Microsoft
  Visual C++, Intel C++, Metrowerks C++ , and Borland C++ all support
  this).</p>

  <p>If you are linking to a dynamic runtime, then you can choose to link to
  either a static or a dynamic Boost library, the default is to do a static
  link.&nbsp; You can alter this for a specific library <em>whatever</em> by
  defining BOOST_WHATEVER_DYN_LINK to force Boost library <em>whatever</em>
  to be linked dynamically.&nbsp; Alternatively you can force all Boost
  libraries to dynamic link by defining BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK.</p>

  <p>This feature can be disabled for Boost library <em>whatever</em> by
  defining BOOST_WHATEVER_NO_LIB, or for all of Boost by defining
  BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB.</p>

  <p>If you want to observe which libraries are being linked against then
  defining BOOST_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC will cause the auto-linking code to emit a
  <code>#pragma message</code> each time a library is selected for
  linking.</p>

  <p>There are some Boost libraries (<a href=
  "../libs/test/doc/index.html">Boost.Test</a> is one one special case),
  where automatic linking is not supported for technical reasons: please
  consult the documentation for each of the libraries you are using for more
  information, and the <a href="../libs/config/index.html">Boost.Config</a>
  documentation for more information on configuration macros.&nbsp; The
  following table shows the current supported configurations, (Boost
  libraries not listed here consist of headers only):</p>

  <table id="Table2" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
      <td><strong>Library</strong></td>

      <td><strong>Static Link</strong></td>

      <td><strong>Dynamic Link</strong></td>

      <td><strong>Default linkage</strong></td>

      <td><strong>Automatic library selection</strong></td>

      <td><strong>Comments</strong></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Date-Time</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Filesystem</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>
        <p>Yes</p>
      </td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Graph</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>No</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>No</td>

      <td>The separate Graph library source is needed only when <a href=
      "../libs/graph/doc/read_graphviz.html">reading an AT&amp;T graphviz
      file.</a></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Iostreams</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>
        <p>Yes</p>
      </td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Program Options</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Python</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>dynamic</td>

      <td>No</td>

      <td>Since all Python extensions are DLL's it makes sense to dynamic
      link to the Boost Python library&nbsp;by default (static linking is
      only really an option if you are embedding python).</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Regex</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Serialization</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Signals</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Test</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>No</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>No</td>

      <td>Which library you link to depends upon which program entry point
      you define, rather than which Boost.Test features you use.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Thread</td>

      <td>Partial</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static (Visual C++), otherwise dynamic</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>For technical reasons static linking is supported on only one
      Windows compiler (Visual C++).</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>Wave</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>static</td>

      <td>Yes</td>

      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table><br>
  <br>

  <h2><a id="Additional_Steps" name="Additional_Steps"></a>Additional
  Steps</h2>

  <p>Depending on your platform and configuration you may need to perform
  some additional configuration to get Boost to build and install.</p>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="../libs/config/config.htm#configuring">Configure the boost
    source code</a>. This step should not be required on the vast majority of
    platforms, but if you're trying to build Boost on an untested or
    unsupported platform it may be necessary.<br>
    <br></li>

    <li>If Boost.Build has problems detecting your Python installation it
    will print a short messages about how to configure for finding the Python
    installation. For more information, see these detailed <a href=
    "../libs/python/doc/building.html#building">instructions</a>.</li>
  </ul>
  <hr>

  <p>Revised $Date$</p>

  <p>Copyright &copy; Rene Rivera 2003.<br>
  Copyright &copy; Jens Maurer 2001.<br>
  Copyright &copy; John Maddock 2004.</p>

  <p><small>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
  accompanying file <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy
  at <a href=
  "http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</small></p>
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