Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4402: Compiling in native Windows, with MSVC8 (2005) Express

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4402: Compiling in native Windows, with MSVC8 (2005) Express
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-11 15:10:59

#4402: Compiling in native Windows, with MSVC8 (2005) Express
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  Reporter:  Geoff McLane <ubuntu@…>              |       Owner:  vladimir_prus               
      Type:  Bugs                                 |      Status:  new                         
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                     |   Component:  build                       
   Version:  Boost Development Trunk              |    Severity:  Problem                     
Resolution:                                       |    Keywords:  building bjam native windows
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Comment (by anonymous):

 Hi Steven,

 Thanks for picking up on this. It came as
 a bit of a surprise for me, 7 months later,
 and hope I remember everything correctly ;=)).

 But, sorry, not sure what additional information
 I could provide? I was in a VS 2005 prompt, ran
 bootstrap.bat, which then runs build.bat...

 As indicated, I did NOT catch the full batch
 error message, but it ended in the stated -
 <big string> 'was unexpected at this time'.

 So I too do not know the exact offending
 command... cmd.ex is very terse ;=(( and your
 build.bat is quite complicated to follow...
 and uses bracketing ( ) very frequently...
 and calls...

 Anyway when I remove the ( ) from my PATH it
 went away. This was in XP SP3 as stated, and
 am very happy you can not repeat it in
 Windows 7.

 Maybe MS have 'fixed' this command interpreter
 'bug' on the release of Windows 7? just
 dunno ;=((

 Anyway, hope this helps...

 Regards,

 Geoff.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4402#comment:2>
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