Re: [boost] bootstrap.bat broken for MinGW since 1.55

Subject: Re: [boost] bootstrap.bat broken for MinGW since 1.55
From: Björn Pollex (bjoern.pollex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-03 09:39:51

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Björn Pollex
<bjoern.pollex_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> I have just tried to bootstrap Boost 1.55 for use with 32 bit MinGW on
> Windows 7. Here is what I get:
>
>
I just realized that I used the wrong command line in this example (the
"mingw" parameter is missing). This is a copy/paste mistake. Using
"boostrap.bat mingw" produces the exact same output.

>     C:\Users\pollexb\git_repositories\modular-boost>bootstrap.bat
>     Building Boost.Build engine
>     '"VCVARS32.BAT"' is not recognized as an internal or external command
>     operable program or batch file.
>     '"VCVARS32.BAT"' is not recognized as an internal or external command
>     operable program or batch file.
>     '"VCVARS32.BAT"' is not recognized as an internal or external command
>     operable program or batch file.
>     '"VCVARS32.BAT"' is not recognized as an internal or external command
>     operable program or batch file.
>     'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>     operable program or batch file.
>
>     Failed to build Boost.Build engine.
>     Please consult bootstrap.log for furter diagnostics.
>
>     You can try to obtain a prebuilt binary from
>
>        http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=72941
>
>     Also, you can file an issue at http://svn.boost.org
>     Please attach bootstrap.log in that case.
>
> The log file has the following contents:
>
>     ###
>     ### Using 'msvc' toolset.
>     ###
>
>
> C:\Users\pollexb\git_repositories\modular-boost\tools\build\v2\engine>if
> exist bootstrap     rd /S /Q bootstrap
>
>
> C:\Users\pollexb\git_repositories\modular-boost\tools\build\v2\engine>md
> bootstrap
>
>
> C:\Users\pollexb\git_repositories\modular-boost\tools\build\v2\engine>cl
> /nologo /GZ /Zi /MLd /Fobootstrap/ /Fdbootstrap/ -DNT -DYYDEBUG
> kernel32.lib advapi32.lib user32.lib /Febootstrap\jam0  command.c compile.c
> constants.c debug.c execcmd.c execnt.c filent.c frames.c function.c glob.c
> hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c
> make1.c object.c option.c output.c parse.c pathnt.c pathsys.c regexp.c
> rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c
> filesys.c builtins.c md5.c class.c cwd.c w32_getreg.c native.c
> modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c
> modules/sequence.c modules/order.c
>
> For some reason it simply ignores the option I pass in and tries to use
> msvc instead. I recall that there was some discussion about boostrap.sh
> prior to the 1.55 release, but could not find anything there that affected
> bootstrap.bat.
>
> I have tried with the source archive downloaded from Sourceforge, and with
> the master branch from Github, both times I get the same error. It works
> fine with Boost 1.54.
>
> Does anyone know what change could have caused this?
>
> Regards,
>
>     Björn Pollex
>