Re: [boost] [quickbook] diagnosing a missing [endsect]?

Subject: Re: [boost] [quickbook] diagnosing a missing [endsect]?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-16 14:29:30

> We could bite the bullet and build [Quickbook] from source, I suppose.

There's something wrong with the DIST_BIN logic in Quickbook's Jamfile, 
because:

D:\tmp2\boost>b2 tools/quickbook
Performing configuration checks

    - 32-bit                   : yes (cached)
    - arm                      : no  (cached)
    - mips1                    : no  (cached)
    - power                    : no  (cached)
    - sparc                    : no  (cached)
    - x86                      : yes (cached)
    - symlinks supported       : no  (cached)
    - junctions supported      : yes (cached)
    - hardlinks supported      : yes (cached)
...patience...
...patience...
...found 3485 targets...
...updating 5 targets...
common.mkdir D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

        if not exist "D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\\" mkdir "D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2"

...failed common.mkdir D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2...
...skipped D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost for lack of D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2...
...skipped D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost\dist for lack of 
D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost...
...skipped D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost\dist\bin for lack of 
D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost\dist...
...skipped <pD:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost\dist\bin>quickbook.exe for lack of 
D:\tmp2\boost\D:\tmp2\boost\dist\bin...
...failed updating 1 target...
...skipped 4 targets...

Also, the customary location for the build Jamfile is in build/, so that the 
usual invocation

    b2 tools/quickbook/build

works, although that's a bit pedantic.