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

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-12 17:54:32

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> "Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>>> Olden A (Comp) wrote:
>>>>> <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-dyn
am
>>>>> ic \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?
>>>>
>>>> I think you must put the library path immediately after the -L
>>>> option, so that in your command line you have:
>>>> -L"C:\Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6\lib"
>>>
>>> Please let us know if that works for you; if so, we'll update the
>>> borland toolset file.
>>
>> After trying one invocation of bjam "-sTOOLS=borland" and seeing
>> errors which I did not capture, I try a subsequent invocation:
>>
>> set BCCROOT="C:\Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6"
>> set BOOST_ROOT="h:\utilities\boost libraries\boost-1.30.2"
>> bjam "-sTOOLS=borland"
>
> I repeat, you do *not* need to set BOOST_ROOT.  It might even hurt.
>
>> Meaning ? Maybe I have to use short path names to get it to work.
>
> No, you just need an up-to-date borland-tools.jam which deals with
> spaces in path names.  Please add the following line to the top of
> yours:
>
>
>         set-as-singleton BCCROOT ;
>
> (or get the CVS snapshot)

The borland_tools.jam in boost-1.30.2\tools\build\borland-tools.jam already
has "set-as-singleton BCCROOT ;"

I do not set BOOST_ROOT this time. Instead I execute bjam while my current
directory is my 1.30.2 root directory.

If I do not set BCCROOT, since the BCB6 bin directory is in my PATH,  bjam
"-sTOOLS=borland" works correctly.  If I do set the BCROOT environmental
variable, I get the same errors as before. Perhaps this has something to do
with bjam, which was in bjam-3.1.7-1-ntx86.zip, or maybe it has something to
with something else.