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+# Boost System Library Build Jamfile
+
+# (C) Copyright Beman Dawes 2002, 2006
+
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+# See library home page at http://www.boost.org/libs/system
+
+subproject libs/system/build ;
+
+SOURCES = error_code ;
+
+lib boost_system
+     : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp
+     : # build requirements
+      <define>BOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK
+      <sysinclude>$(BOOST_AUX_ROOT) <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT)
+      # common-variant-tag ensures that the library will
+      # be named according to the rules used by the install
+      # and auto-link features:
+      common-variant-tag 
+     : debug release  # build variants
+     ;
+
+dll boost_system
+     : ../src/$(SOURCES).cpp
+     : # build requirements
+       <define>BOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK=1  # tell source we're building dll's
+       <runtime-link>dynamic  # build only for dynamic runtimes
+       <sysinclude>$(BOOST_AUX_ROOT) <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT)
+      # common-variant-tag ensures that the library will
+      # be named according to the rules used by the install
+      # and auto-link features:
+      common-variant-tag 
+     : debug release  # build variants
+     ;
+
+install system lib
+     : <lib>boost_system <dll>boost_system
+     ;
+
+stage stage/lib : <lib>boost_system <dll>boost_system
+    :
+        # copy to a path rooted at BOOST_ROOT:
+        <locate>$(BOOST_ROOT)
+        # make sure the names of the libraries are correctly named:
+        common-variant-tag
+        # add this target to the "stage" and "all" psuedo-targets:
+        <target>stage
+        <target>all
+    :
+        debug release
+    ;
+
+# end