Re: [boost] [1.39.0] Ready for beta?

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.39.0] Ready for beta?
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-23 05:05:16

Eric Niebler wrote:

> 
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> I've gotten badly sidetracked by non-Boost work, but would like to get
>> the 1.39.0 beta out tomorrow if at all possible.
>> 
>> Are there any known showstoppers?
>> 
>> If anyone has a few spare minutes, it would help if they could download
>> one of the current release snapshots from http://boost.cowic.de/rc/,
>> browse around and report any problems spotted.
> 
> Seems like bootstrap.bat is busted:
> 
> C:\boost\org\1.39-alpha-full\boost-windows-2009-04-22>.\bootstrap.bat
> 
> C:\boost\org\1.39-alpha-full\boost-windows-2009-04-22># Copyright (C)
> 2009 Vladimir Prus
> '#' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.

Boo! Copyright addition was the last change to that file, and I have
failed to test it. Fixed now.

> C:\boost\org\1.39-alpha-full\boost-windows-2009-04-22>#
> '#' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> C:\boost\org\1.39-alpha-full\boost-windows-2009-04-22># Distributed
> under the Boost Software License
> , Version 1.0.
> '#' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> C:\boost\org\1.39-alpha-full\boost-windows-2009-04-22># (See
> accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or ht
> tp://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
> '#' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> Building Boost.Jam build engine
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> 
> If you want to put a comment in a DOS batch file, you use REM, not #.
> I'm a bit dismayed that this apparently got merged to release without
> even being tested.
> 
> I notice that later this script instructs the user to type "./bjam
> --help". Remember, this is a windows batch script. The command should be
> ".\bjam --help" (note the forward slash).

Fixed. Note that the command that user is instructed to actually run
uses right slashes.

- Volodya