Re: [Boost-build] bjam patch for supporting the '\' Windows root path.

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 05:19:28

   Hi Volodya.

>>>>   I'm attaching a patch to fix this so please review and grok it for me 
>>>> to apply or apply it directly.
>>> It looks like that change introduces a buffer under-run when one passes 
>>> in an empty string.
>>    Yup, you're right. Sorry. Here's a corrected patch.
>>
>>    I tried playing around with the code to get it more succinct but 
>> haven't found a way to avoid that explicitly empty/non-empty if. :-)
> 
> This patch does not appear to be in yet. Should it be? Rene, any opinion?

   I've had this patch in my sandbox and actively have been actively 
using it on at least two developer machines since I posted it to the 
mailing list an have not had a single problem with it since.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić