Re: [boost] [boostbook] Running setup_boostbook.py

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-06 21:35:15

Edward Diener wrote:
> I got to the point in running setup_boostbook.py where it is looking for 
> my user-config.jam. Even though I have my copy of user-config.jam in my 
> Windows home directory, which for XP for me is C:\Documents and 
> Settings\Edward Diener, the program can not find it and reports:
> 
> "Looking for user-config.jam ...
> ERROR: Please set the BOOST_ROOT environment variable to refer to your
> Boost installation or copy user-config.jam into your home directory."

The error lies in setup_boostbook.py line 234. In Windows the home 
directory is not set by the "HOME" environment variable, as in Linux, 
but by the "HOMEPATH" environment variable.

There may also be some Pythonic library way of determine the home 
directory for any OS without resorting to attempting to hardcode an 
environmental variable name. I will look for the latter and report it 
here if I find it.