[boost] [build] Issue with -- argument

Subject: [boost] [build] Issue with -- argument
From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-01 03:36:09

Hi,

Due to the change in Boost.Test parameter handling I needed update 
Boost.Test Jamfile, since I was passing baseline pattern file names as 
arguments to the test module. Here is snippet from my Jamfile:

    return [ $(test-rule) $(source_files) ../build//$(usage-variant) 
$(extra-libs)
             : --    <============= Note: I added '--'
             : $(pattern_file)
             ...

Unfortunately -- disappears for some reason from command line.

I found that the following works:

    return [ $(test-rule) $(source_files) ../build//$(usage-variant) 
$(extra-libs)
             : -- ""       <============= Note ""
             : $(pattern_file)
             ...

Can we fix it so that "" is not required? Is there a different workaround?

Gennadiy