Re: [jamboost] prebuilt bjam for cygwin truncated?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-13 07:39:42

Nicola Musatti <gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
> I downloaded the prebuilt Boost.Jam for cygwin by clicking on the 
> corresponding link on the "Building Boost libraries page 
> (tools/build/index.html) with Mozilla 1.1. When I tried to uncompress it 
> both WinZip and cygwin's gunzip failed with an "Unexpected end of file" 
> message.

Well, you're right that it's busted. I just tried to fix it but I
don't have write permission on that file. John, could you take care of
that?

Actually, if I look carefully at
/home/groups/b/bo/boost/jam-executables, I see that Rene and Toon have
also made that mistake. You have to set group write permission, or
everyone else is stuck with your files as they are.

Fortunately for you, Nicola, rebuilding the cygwin version is as easy
as

make CC=gcc

in the tools/build/jam_src directory.

-- 
David Abrahams * Boost Consulting
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