Re: [jamboost] Re: Patch for tools/gcc.jam in BBv2

From: Brian Ravnsgaard Riis (brian_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 12:49:42

David Abrahams wrote:
> David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>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.

build.bat msvc

...

execnt.c(420) : error C2017: illegal escape sequence

MinGW works, though, and it looks legal to me. (?) Just another VC++6 
hiccup?

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

Can't help you with DOS-based windows. But it works now on WinXP SP2. 
Thanks!!! :-D

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/Brian Riis