Re: Patch for tools/gcc.jam in BBv2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 12:14:48

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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.

Wow, that was a big project. Please check this out and make sure it
works for you.

Also, anyone testing under Win95/Win98, I'd be grateful if you could
confirm that the gcc toolset works there, too.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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