Re: [boost] regex/ICU fix

Subject: Re: [boost] regex/ICU fix
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-23 13:53:30

> While the error message could be better, I believe the error is yours :-)
> See this code:
>
> 36689 johnmaddock    if $(ICU_PATH)
> 29658 johnmaddock    {
> 36689 johnmaddock       if $(ICU_PATH) != "/usr" && $(ICU_PATH) != 
> "/usr/local"
> 36689 johnmaddock       {
> 36689 johnmaddock          BOOST_REGEX_ICU_OPTS += 
> "<include>$(ICU_PATH)/include" ;
> 36689 johnmaddock          ICU_SEARCH_OPTS = <search>/$(ICU_PATH)/lib ;
> 36689 johnmaddock       }
> 29658 johnmaddock    }
>
> If ICU_PATH is ../whatever, you end up with
>
>        <search>/../whatever
>
> and it is not a valid path. I've made the obvious fix, verified that 
> things work
> with:
>
>        bjam -sICU_PATH=../../../../../usr --with-regex
>
> and checked in. Because this fix seems to be most obvious possible, I've 
> also
> merged to release branch.

Thanks, that almost gets it: there is still one small SNAFU: if ICU_PATH is 
a relative path then "<include>$(ICU_PATH)/include" strips any leading ".." 
components from the path, so for example

../../download/icu

becomes

download/icu

when passed to the compiler.

Any ideas?

Thanks, John.