Re: [boost] [bootstrap/1.53] jam0.exe crashes when bootstrapping for VC2012 AMD64

Subject: Re: [boost] [bootstrap/1.53] jam0.exe crashes when bootstrapping for VC2012 AMD64
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-07 11:19:08

AMDG

On 03/07/2013 12:17 AM, rjeczalik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build Boost 1.53 using VC2012 amd64 (toolset=msvc-11.0
> address-model=64) and Windows Server 2012 Standard. Bootstrapping
> fails with jam0.exe crash - some crash info:
> 
> Crash stacktrace:
> 
> ntdll.dll!000007f9bc781069()
> KernelBase.dll!000007f9b978764e()
> KernelBase.dll!000007f9b97d3658()
> jam0.exe!_findnext64i32(__int64 hFile, _finddata64i32_t * pfd) Line 165
> jam0.exe!file_dirscan(_object * dir, void (void *, _object *, int,
> __int64) * func, void * closure) Line 180
> <snip>
> 
> Line where it crashed was:
> 
>  if (!FindNextFile((HANDLE)hFile, &wfd)) {
> 
> I've tried to watch the values of arguments passes to FindNextFile() -
> hFile looked like proper handle, however wfd.cFileName and
> wfd.cAlternateFileName contained garbage.
> 
> Is this a known issue for 1.53? I've compiled version 1.52 using the
> same environment and the same configuration and everything went ok, I
> did not manage to reproduce the crash. It looks like only version 1.53
> is affected.
> 

That's very odd, as b2 did not change between 1.52 and 1.53.
Can you diff the tools/build/v2/engine directories in both
versions just to verify this?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe