[boost] Fwd: RC 1.34.1 bjam build error

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-12 10:07:29

Hi

Could somebody confirm this/provide a fix?

Thanks

Thomas

Thomas Witt
witt_at_[hidden]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Jon Olesberg" <jonathon-olesberg_at_[hidden]>
> Date: July 12, 2007 6:38:32 AM PDT
> To: <witt_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: FW: RC 1.34.1 bjam build error
>

> Thomas,
>
> The issue I reported to you (attached below) persists in RC2. Also,  
> all of
> the references to the Boost version in the Getting Started docs  
> refer to
> 1_34_0.
>
> Jon Olesberg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Olesberg [mailto:jonathon-olesberg_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:36 PM
> To: 'witt_at_[hidden]'
> Subject: RC 1.34.1 bjam build error
>
> Thomas,
>
> In trying out the release candidate, I noticed a problem with the  
> batch file
> that builds the bjam executable on windows. If I execute build.bat  
> from the
> tools\jam\src directory, I get an error:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> T:\boost-1_34_1\boost\tools\jam\src>.\build.bat
> Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 x86 tools.
> \Microsoft was unexpected at this time.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> However, if I specify msvc, things work fine:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> T:\boost-1_34_1\boost\tools\jam\src>.\build.bat msvc
> ###
> ### Using 'msvc' toolset.
> ###
>
> T:\boost-1_34_1\boost\tools\jam\src>rd /S /Q bootstrap
>
> T:\boost-1_34_1\boost\tools\jam\src>md bootstrap
>
> ... and so on...
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This problem is fixed in CVS head.
>
>
> Jon
>
> --
> Jonathon Olesberg
> Optical Science and Technology Center
> University of Iowa
> http://www.ostc.uiowa.edu/~olesberg
>