Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Threads metacomm regression tests not working

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-15 16:01:24

Michael Glassford wrote:

> Jeff Garland wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:55:44 -0700, Jeff Garland wrote
>>
>>> Mike -
>>>
>>> It's interesting that if I change to the libs/thread/build directory 
>>> and type bjam the library builds, so it seems like maybe this is some 
>>> new change in the bjam system causing this.  That said in date_time 
>>> there is
>>>      <sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT)
>>> in the Jamfile to make sure the appropriate include path is 
>>> available.  I've locally modified the thread Jamfile to include a 
>>> this sysinclude and I'm re-running the regression now.  I'll let you 
>>> know...
>>
>> Adding the sysinclude indeed fixes the initial compilation problem.  
> 
> I'm far from a bjam expert, but one thing I don't quite understand is 
> that the "<sysinclude>$(BOOST_ROOT)" is already defined in the 
> thread_base template, which both of the templates you modified include. 
> Is the problem perhaps that they include it only in the sources section 
> and not in the requirements section? In other words, should your patch 
> be modified to read as below?

No. I would say this is a bug in the Boost.Build. Using the template 
should be added the needed <sysinclude>. I'll look at fixing this, 
assuming I can replicate it, but you should applies Jeff's changes just 
to get it working for the release testing.

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