Warning
+Some linux systems requires linking against librt in order to access +the POSIX clock functions. If you get an error complaining about a missing +symbol clock_gettime, you have to give need-librt=yes on the +bjam command line. This will make libtorrent link against librt.
+The build targets are put in a directory called bin, and under it they are sorted in directories depending on the toolset and build variant used.
To build the examples, just change directory to the examples directory and diff --git a/docs/building.rst b/docs/building.rst index 61930e47f..0f47f4b88 100644 --- a/docs/building.rst +++ b/docs/building.rst @@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ the runtime, but on windows you can do both. Example:: your release executables with the ``debug-symbols=on`` option, and later strip your executable with ``strip``. +.. warning:: + + Some linux systems requires linking against ``librt`` in order to access + the POSIX clock functions. If you get an error complaining about a missing + symbol ``clock_gettime``, you have to give ``need-librt=yes`` on the + bjam command line. This will make libtorrent link against ``librt``. + The build targets are put in a directory called bin, and under it they are sorted in directories depending on the toolset and build variant used.