diff --git a/index.htm b/index.htm
index 95b2a6c2ab..7de620f14f 100644
--- a/index.htm
+++ b/index.htm
@@ -23,21 +23,20 @@
 <p>The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
 The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard
 Library.</p>
-<p> <a href="libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a> page gives a one line overview of
-each library.</p>
-<p> <a href="#Latest News">Latest News</a> gives a capsule history of recent
-releases .</p>
-<p> <a href="more/download.html">Download</a>&nbsp; page gives download and installation
-information..</p>
-<p> <a href="status/compiler_status.html">Compiler Status</a>  page tells what
-library works with which compiler.</p>
-<p> <a href="people/people.htm">People</a> pages identify some of the
-developers who write the libraries and maintain the web site.</p>
-<p> <a href="more/faq.htm">FAQ</a> answers questions we hope someone will
-bother to ask.</p>
-<p> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=7586">Tracker</a> lets
-you view and submit bug, support, and feature requests.</p>
-<p> <a href="more/lib_guide.htm">Library Requirements and Guidelines</a> and <a href="more/submission_process.htm">Library
+<p> <a href="libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a> gives a one line overview of
+each library.<a href="#Latest News"><br>
+Latest News</a> gives a capsule history of recent
+releases.<a href="more/download.html"><br>
+Download</a>&nbsp; gives download and installation information.<a href="status/compiler_status.html"><br>
+Compiler Status</a> tells what
+library works with which compiler.<a href="people/people.htm"><br>
+People</a> identifies some of the
+developers who write the libraries and maintain the web site.<a href="more/faq.htm"><br>
+FAQ</a> answers questions we hope someone will
+bother to ask.<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=7586"><br>
+Tracker</a> lets
+you view and submit bug, support, and feature requests.<a href="more/lib_guide.htm"><br>
+Library Requirements and Guidelines</a> and <a href="more/submission_process.htm">Library
 Submission Process</a>  pages provide basic information for library authors.</p>
 <h2><a name="Membership">Membership</a></h2>
 <p>If you are interested in Boost, please join our mailing list for
@@ -58,18 +57,22 @@ section</a> (formerly called the &quot;vault&quot;).</p>
 with any concerns you don't want to just post to the mailing list.</p>
 <h2><a name="Rationale">Rationale</a></h2>
 <p>Boost was begun by members of the <a href="http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">C++
-standards committee</a> Library Working Group to provide free peer-reviewed
+Standards Committee</a> Library Working Group to provide free peer-reviewed
 portable libraries to the C++ community.&nbsp; An additional objective is to
 establish &quot;existing practice&quot; and provide reference implementations so
-that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Indeed, the
-explicit intent is to propose many of these libraries for inclusion in the C++
-Standard Library.</p>
+that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. The intent is to propose many of these libraries for inclusion in the
+upcoming C++
+Standard Library Technical Report.</p>
 <h2><a name="Latest News">Latest News</a></h2>
-<p>August ???, 2001 - Version 1.24.0
+<p>August 19, 2001 - Version 1.24.0
 <ul>
   <li><a href="libs/tuple/doc/tuple_users_guide.html">Tuple Library</a> added.
     Tuples ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more,
     from Jaakko Järvi.</li>
+  <li><a href="tools/build/index.html">Boost Build System</a> added. Preliminary
+    release of an innovative build system for Boost libraries, from Dave
+    Abrahams and others.</li>
+  <li>Minor fixes to some other libraries.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>July 6, 2001 - Version 1.23.0
 <ul>
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ Standard Library.</p>
   <li><a href="libs/regex/index.htm">Regex Library</a>: Minor portability fixes.</li>
 </ul>
 <hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->10 August 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31269" --></p>
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->19 August 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31287" --></p>
 
 </body>
 
diff --git a/libs/libraries.htm b/libs/libraries.htm
index 484038dc65..54b77ab13c 100644
--- a/libs/libraries.htm
+++ b/libs/libraries.htm
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ out what other headers each boost header includes.</p>
 <p>See <a href="../more/download.html">Download and Installation</a> to find out
 how to download and install the libraries.</p>
 
+<p>See <a href="../tools/build/index.html">Building Boost Libraries</a> to find
+out how to build object libraries, when needed.</p>
+
 <h2>Obsolete Libraries</h2>
 
 <ul>
@@ -150,6 +153,6 @@ how to download and install the libraries.</p>
 <hr>
 
 <p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED"
-s-format="%d %b %Y" startspan -->10 Aug 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="14749" --></p>
+s-format="%d %b %Y" startspan -->19 Aug 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="14767" --></p>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/more/download.html b/more/download.html
index 1c0b471016..ed1963134f 100644
--- a/more/download.html
+++ b/more/download.html
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 
 <h1>Boost Download and Installation</h1>
 
-The boost libraries are intended for easy download and <a href="#Installation">installation</a>.
-However, unlike other packages, there is no global setup and
-configuration tool.
+The boost libraries are intended for easy download and <a href="#Installation">installation</a>;
+many libraries require nothing more that downloading and unpacking to be ready
+for use, including full documentation.&nbsp; When required, see <a href="../tools/build/index.html">Building
+Boost Libraries</a> to create object libraries.
 
 <h2>Download</h2>
 The boost libraries are available in various formats:
@@ -123,16 +124,16 @@ have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI
 dialog.
 
 <p>
-A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and
-thus require compilation on your system to link properly.  Boost does
-not currently have an overall "build" or "make" mechanism in place.
-Some of the individual libraries do include make and/or project files
-for various compilers.
+Some Boost libraries are implemented as separate source files, and
+thus require compilation into object libraries before any use. See <a href="../tools/build/build_system.htm">Building
+Boost Libraries</a> for an automatic tool to prepare such libraries.
+Some of the individual libraries also include make and/or project files
+for various compilers, but these will become obsolete as Boost.Build matures..
 <p>
 
 <hr>
 
-Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->22 June, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="19850" -->
+Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->19 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34359" -->
 <p>Written by&nbsp; <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a>
 2001-02-11</p>
 
diff --git a/more/error_handling.html b/more/error_handling.html
index 21b5e93fec..475e3e606a 100644
--- a/more/error_handling.html
+++ b/more/error_handling.html
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
     implied warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. 
 
     <p>Revised 
-    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 March, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="28779" -->
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34355" -->
diff --git a/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm b/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm
index b865d085de..743d224658 100644
--- a/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm
+++ b/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ assuming no constraints.</p>
 <p>Krzysztof Czarnecki and Ulrich W. Eisenecker, <a name="Generative Programming" href="http://www.generative-programming.org">Generative
 Programming</a>, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-210-30977-7</p>
 <hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->10 February 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40602" --></p>
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->17 August 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31283" --></p>
 <p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, 2000</p>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/more/submission_process.htm b/more/submission_process.htm
index 950a564f9e..1cb9a083de 100644
--- a/more/submission_process.htm
+++ b/more/submission_process.htm
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ necessary.</p>
 <p>Libraries are software; they lose their value over time if not
 maintained.&nbsp; Details still hazy.</p>
 <hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->24 April, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="29814" --></p>
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->10 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34341" --></p>
 
 </body>
 
diff --git a/more/test_policy.htm b/more/test_policy.htm
index e39b4aa3f5..6e7647f575 100644
--- a/more/test_policy.htm
+++ b/more/test_policy.htm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ generation of HTML compiler status tables, was developed by Beman Dawes in June,
 <h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
 <p>Written by Beman Dawes. Jens Maurer, Paul Moore, Gary Powell and Jeremy Siek contributed helpful suggestions.</p>
 <hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->10 February, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40395" -->
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34355" -->
 </p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
diff --git a/tools/build b/tools/build
index 2b5bacb282..11e193f977 160000
--- a/tools/build
+++ b/tools/build
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2b5bacb282fd3c4ddd40140847700d98527516b8
+Subproject commit 11e193f97773f877572b4dc36335e163ed518882