[boost] Re: bjam failure with borland 6 under xp

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-12 07:24:53

"Olden A (Comp)" <aolden_at_[hidden]> writes:

> <snip>
>
> Ahh, I get two problem, Firstly when it tries to set the path it fails,
> doesn't seem to like the %PATH%, at the end - I'm 100% sure this is a
> problem with my system - after I tried what you suggestesd I decided to try
> vsvars32 - the %PATH% on the end causes the system to fail there too. The
> directory is in my path thought - I Have confirmed this.
>
> When I use the command:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6\bin\bcc32"  -v -q -v -tWR -tWD -WM- -L
> "C:\Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6\lib"
> -e"libs\regex\build\bin\boost_regex.dll\borland\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\b
> oost_regex_debug.dll"
> @"libs\regex\build\bin\boost_regex.dll\borland\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\bo
> ost_regex_debug.CMD"
>
> The system reports that it cannot find the file:
> Error E2194: Could not find file 'C:\Program
> Files\Borland\CBuilder6\lib.cpp'
>
> I've done a search and I don't have a lib file in that dir - I have one in
> the boost directory "C:\baysian\boost-1.30.2\boost\lib.cpp", - Is this
> related?

Quite possibly.  You don't have to set BOOST_ROOT before building.
What happens when you unset it?

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Dave Abrahams
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