[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3814: bjam special cases --pythonXXX options?

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3814: bjam special cases --pythonXXX options?
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-03 23:21:28

#3814: bjam special cases --pythonXXX options?
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 Reporter:  smr@…           |       Owner:  grafik 
     Type:  Bugs            |      Status:  new    
Milestone:  Boost 1.42.0    |   Component:  bjam   
  Version:  Boost 1.41.0    |    Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:                  |  
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 The bjam shipped with Boost 1.41 generally ignores unrecognized options;
 e.g. "./bootstrap.sh; ./bjam --blabla" will build everything just fine.
 However, if I pass "--pythonbla", I get a very mysterious failure:
 {{{
 steve_at_riemann{boost}./bjam --pythonbla
 Boost.Build V2 Python port (experimental)
 /home/steve/Packages/boost/upstream/testing/trunk/boost/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:223:
 in boost-build
 rule PYTHON_IMPORT_RULE unknown in module
 /home/steve/Packages/boost/upstream/testing/trunk/boost/boost-
 build.jam:17: in module scope
 }}}

 Why is this?  This was not the behaviour in 1.40.

 This breaks the "--pythonid" patch we use in Debian; c.f.
 https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3544

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3814>
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