Re: [Boost-build] Error building the latest Boost Build doc of modular boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Error building the latest Boost Build doc of modular boost
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-20 01:40:25

On 20.12.2013 10:20, Edward Diener wrote:
> Attempting to build the latest Boost Build doc from modular-boost gives:
>
> bjam.qbk:1142: warning: in column:42, unexpected character: $
> bjam.qbk:1155: warning: in column:49, unexpected character: $
> bjam.qbk:1680: warning: in column:4, unexpected character: $
> bjam.qbk:1680: warning: in column:38, unexpected character: $
> xslt-xsltproc.windows bin\gcc-mingw-4.7.2\debug\src\standalone.docbook
> src/overview.xml:17: parser error : Entity 'emdash' not defined
>        Boost.Build has two parts&emdash;a build engine
>                                         ^
> Cannot find class named 'virtual-target'
> Cannot find class named 'virtual-target'
> Cannot find class named 'file-target'
> Cannot find class named 'action'
> Cannot find class named 'action'
> Cannot find class named 'file-target'
> Cannot find class named 'generator'
> Cannot find class named 'generator'
> xslt-xsltproc-dir.windows html\userman_HTML.manifest
>
> Can this be corrected or am I doing something wrong ?

Fixed thusly, thanks for report!

- Volodya

commit eccf231c61f1f808b4c7c35d63477117045c215c
Author: Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]>
Date:   Fri Dec 20 10:39:25 2013 +0400

     Fix mdash->emdash typo that broke documentation build.

diff --git a/doc/src/overview.xml b/doc/src/overview.xml
index 168eeff..9fc30ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/overview.xml
+++ b/doc/src/overview.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
      </para>

      <para>
-      Boost.Build has two parts&emdash;a build engine
+      Boost.Build has two parts&mdash;a build engine
        with its own interpreted language, and Boost.Build itself, implemented in
        that language. The chain of events when you type
        <command>b2</command> on the command line is as follows: