It's complaining about bjam. Can you run other tests?
Here are some output I get when running some other tests: c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test>python test1.py --verbose msvc Traceback (most recent call last): File "test1.py", line 17, in <module> t.run_build_system("-ftest.jam", stdout="Hi\n") File "c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test\BoostBuild.py", line 419, in run_build_syst em assert extra_args.__class__ is not str AssertionError ---------------------------- c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test>python message.py --verbose msvc c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test\../engine\bin.ntx86\bjam -sBOOST_BUILD_PATH="c:\boo st\tools\build\v2\test/.." -d+2 test toolset=msvc --ignore-toolset-requirements STDOUT {{{ }}} STDERR {{{ }}} Traceback (most recent call last): File "message.py", line 33, in <module> """) File "c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test\BoostBuild.py", line 457, in run_build_syst em apply(TestCmd.TestCmd.run, [self], kw) File "c:\boost\tools\build\v2\test\TestCmd.py", line 409, in run universal_newlines=universal_newlines) File "C:\Python27\lib\subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "C:\Python27\lib\subprocess.py", line 896, in _execute_child startupinfo) WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified So, I'm not sure. Has this test facility ever been used on Windows? Any idea what could be missing? Thanks, Christian