Missing Jam file in fresh download of boost

Question

I religiously follow http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_61_0/more/getting_started/windows.html.

After downloading and unpacking the 1.61 version of boost, I tried to build it from source with the instruction from section 5.1 in this guide. So

bootstrap
.\b2

But then I get the error:

error: Unable to load Jamfile.
error: Could not find a Jamfile in directory 'libs/config/checks/architecture'.
error: Attempted to find it with pattern '[Bb]uild.jam [Jj]amfile.v2 [Jj]amfile [Jj]amfile. [Jj]amfile.jam'.
error: Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.

Exactly the same as Trac issue #12173 of boost. What is going wrong? How can I make bjam find the jam files?

Answer 1

Bit out of date, but I was able to get this working by getting the config submodule:

git submodule update --init libs/config

It seems like the config module is an unlisted prerequisite for some of the other modules.