[boost] Cannot build static library with latest CVS on Linux

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-30 19:43:58

Just did a CVS update and I am now unable to build date_time.  This is on
Linux.  I'm looking at the CVS check-ins, but maybe someone workon on the
build stuff might know right away what's wrong....

bjam from libs/date_time/test results in:

gcc-Archive-action
../../../libs/date_time/build/bin/libboost_date_time.a/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/libboost_date_time.a
/usr//bin/ar: illegal option -- /
Usage: /usr//bin/ar [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcfilNoPsSuvV]
[member-name] [count] archive-file file...
       /usr//bin/ar -M [<mri-script]
 commands:
  d            - delete file(s) from the archive
  m[ab]        - move file(s) in the archive
  p            - print file(s) found in the archive
  q[f]         - quick append file(s) to the archive
  r[ab][f][u]  - replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive
  t            - display contents of archive
  x[o]         - extract file(s) from the archive
 command specific modifiers:
  [a]          - put file(s) after [member-name]
  [b]          - put file(s) before [member-name] (same as [i])
  [N]          - use instance [count] of name
  [f]          - truncate inserted file names
  [P]          - use full path names when matching
  [o]          - preserve original dates
  [u]          - only replace files that are newer than current archive contents
 generic modifiers:
  [c]          - do not warn if the library had to be created
  [s]          - create an archive index (cf. ranlib)
  [S]          - do not build a symbol table
  [v]          - be verbose
  [V]          - display the version number
 emulation options: 
  No emulation specific options
/usr//bin/ar: supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux efi-app-ia32
elf32-little elf32-big elf64-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big srec symbolsrec
tekhex binary ihex trad-core

    /usr//bin/ar /usr/bin/ar  ru 
"../../../libs/date_time/build/bin/libboost_date_time.a/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/libboost_date_time.a"
 "../../../libs/date_time/build/bin/libboost_date_time.a/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/greg_month.o" "../../../libs/date_time/build/bin/libboost_date_time.a/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/date_generators.o"