Re: [boost] [build] bootstrap.sh is still broken

Subject: Re: [boost] [build] bootstrap.sh is still broken
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-21 13:46:20

On 21.10.2013 21:38, Rene Rivera wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> On 21.10.2013 21:03, Stephan T. Lavavej wrote:
>>
>>> [STL]
>>>
>>>> http://lists.boost.org/boost-**build/2013/10/27025.php
>

>>>>
>>>
>>> [Rene Rivera]
>>>
>>>> Could you post the diff patches as attachments? It's almost impossible to
>>>> deal with inline diffs to apply these. Even though I can't test any of
>>>> this. I'm willing to apply the patches.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks! Download this: http://nuwen.net/stuff/boost-**bootstrap.patch
>
>>>
>>> As I explained in my mail, the diff for boost_1_54_0/bootstrap.sh is a
>>> horrible hack and should not be applied. It fixes mingw but breaks
>>> everyone
>>> else. I would love to get a real fix for this, but someone would have to
>>> investigate.
>>>
>>> The diffs for boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/**engine/build.jam and
>>> boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/**engine/build.sh should be applied - they
>>> fix
>>> mingw and should not affect anyone else.
>>>
>>> [Vladimir Prus]
>>>
>>>> And on the mingw topic, I might have missed something, but I think the
>>>>
>>> major
>>>
>>>> issue is still mingw vs. gcc naming inconsistency between bootstrap.sh
>>>> and b2 proper - which is ugly, but not quite a showstopper?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's what my boost_1_54_0/bootstrap.sh diff is hacking around. It's a
>>> showstopper in the sense that it completely breaks the build, and I
>>> haven't
>>> figured out how to evade it with command-line arguments.
>>>
>>
>> Ok. Rene, Steven, how about we s/mingw/gcc throughout b2 engine source?
>>
>
> Fine by me.. But since I no longer have, or can get setup, a MinGW install
> it's not something I will be able to test at all :-(

Well, I do have a Windows box, but last time I checked, there was a dozen of flavours
of MinGW. Stephan, can you point at whatever packages needs to be downloaded to
try?

- Volodya