[boost] Build boot 1.40.0 on IBM z/OS (EBCDIC)

Subject: [boost] Build boot 1.40.0 on IBM z/OS (EBCDIC)
From: norbert.hanke_at_[hidden]
Date: 2009-10-22 04:38:54

Hi folks,

I am trying to build boost on the IBM Mainframe on z/OS USS.

I successfully modified the jam bootstrap script and have a running bjam binary now.
But when trying to build the boost libraries, I get the error below.
Does anybody have a hint what to look for? EBCDIC character encoding on my machine might be the reason: digits 0-9 
are encoded as character values 240-249, but I have no idea where to start looking.

regards,

Norbert

> ./bjam

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/util/numbers.jam:22: in numbers.check from module numbers

error: 03 in 03 1 17

error: is not a number

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build/version.jam:50: in version-less from module version

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build/version.jam:102: in version.check-jam-version from module version

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/util/path.jam:172: in join from module path

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/util/path.jam:207: in path.root from module path

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/util/path.jam:247: in path.glob from module path

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/tools/types/register.jam:25: in load from module types/register

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import from module modules

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/tools/stage.jam:19: in load from module stage

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import from module modules

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/tools/builtin.jam:25: in load from module builtin

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import from module modules

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:11: in load from module build-system

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import from module modules

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:138: in boost-build from module

/home/u250672/boost_1_40_0/boost-build.jam:16: in module scope from module