[boost] Re: bjam failure with borland 6 under xp - think it 's been solved.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-12 13:28:40

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

>>>What was the problem with the set command?
>
> I'm not sure yet - I am trying to find, because it's all software that does
> this, not just boost - but up until it hasn't been a problem (or even
> noticeable) - when I find out I will let you now, although I'm getting vibes
> that it is something in my path that's causing it, because SET
> CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH% works just fine
>
>>> I tracked it down to GNUWIN32. I'm not sure how but the path entry became
> managled to "C:|GNUWIN32\bin", rather than "C:\GNUWIN32", so the set command
> was failing there.

Ah, that *would* cause problems.  I wonder if we need to change it to
something more like:

    set PATH=$(BCC_TOOL_PATH);"%PATH%"

Could you try that out (with the old C:|GNUWIN32\bin entry) and let
me know what happens?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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