Re: [boost] Issue with bjam and building for NDK

Subject: Re: [boost] Issue with bjam and building for NDK
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-11 22:37:39

AMDG

On 01/11/2018 03:31 PM, Robert Dailey via Boost wrote:
> I filed an issue over at the Android NDK github page here:
> https://github.com/android-ndk/ndk/issues/616
> 
> When I invoke b2 to build boost using the standalone toolchain
> generated by the NDK, bjam seems to be wrapping the command in quotes,
> like "clang++". This throws off their logic in the clang++.cmd batch
> script. I was asked to test running b2 without quotes (e.g. clang++),
> but I am not sure how to do this.
> 
> Could someone help me understand if this is a code change to b2?

Yes it's a change.  It was done in order to handle
the case where the path to clang++ contains spaces.

https://github.com/boostorg/build/commit/c442d64b30a585ca114a1cb8c5ed8b33a93412a3

> Or if
> there's a jam script somewhere I can modify?

tools/build/src/tools/clang-linux.jam
Search for "$(CONFIG_COMMAND)"

> I'm not sure if this is a
> boost issue or an NDK issue at this point. I appreciate any help from
> the boost developers.
> 

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe