[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9800: build.bat works incorrectly because REM commands have illegal )'s in them

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9800: build.bat works incorrectly because REM commands have illegal )'s in them
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-20 20:59:24

#9800: build.bat works incorrectly because REM commands have illegal )'s in them
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 Reporter:  aoney@…  |       Type:  Bugs
   Status:  new      |  Milestone:  To Be Determined
Component:  None     |    Version:  Boost 1.55.0
 Severity:  Problem  |   Keywords:
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 The Windows cmd interpreter badly handles )'s in rem statements,
 *sometimes* (but not always) closing "if" statements they are nested
 within. Per docs, parens are illegal in rem commands (see
 technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490986.aspx).

 On my Win7 64bit box, this was causing bootstrap vc12 to go down bizarre
 paths. One potential fix is to escape the parens, i.e. use ^( and ^)
 instead of () in comments. I wish I were making this up (sigh).

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9800>
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