[boost] Filesystem breaking change?

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-09 08:19:17

Beman,

The recent update to Boost.Filesystem has broken bcp in a way I'm not sure 
how to fix.  The problem is that while scanning for header dependencies it 
comes across some platform dependent names ( :sys:stat.h ) and then checks 
for the existence of that name in various places such as 
<tools/build/jam_src/:sys:stat.h>.  Obviously such checks should fail, but 
rather than just saying "no the file doesn't exist" the function exists is 
throwing an exception.  IMO there's no real need for an exception in this 
case is there?

Many thanks,

John.