Re: Patch for tools/gcc.jam in BBv2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 08:01:03

Brian Ravnsgaard Riis <brian_at_[hidden]> writes:

> gcc.archive bin\test\util\gcc\debug\util.a
>
> del /f "bin\test\util\gcc\debug\util.a" 
> ar ruc "bin\test\util\gcc\debug\util.a" "bin\test\util\gcc\debug\ut_enum.o" 
>
> spawn: No such file or directory
> Executing raw command directly
> Executing command [del] [/f] ["bin\test\util\gcc\debug\util.a"] [
> ] [ar] [ruc] ["bin\test\util\gcc\debug\util.a"] ["bin\test\util\gcc\debug\ut_enum.o"]

Well, this is very telling. I'm sure we can fix that.

Hmm, this is clearly my fault, in part. We should never be trying to
execute multiline commands directly. Oh, there's a long string of
culpability going back to some code inherited from FTJam. Lovely :(

Will fix.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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