Re: build.bat change to help debug bjam crashes

From: David Abrahams (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-14 13:53:49

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I'm still getting occasional bjam crashes which disappear if the same 
> command is given a second time.
>
> It just happened again, so I ran a "build vc7 --debug" to get a debug 
> build. But there was no crash with this debug executable.
>
> Unfortunately, the debug build executable is so slow that it isn't feasible 
> to use it for all runs until the bug is captured.
>
> Would it be possible to modify build.bat to create a custom bjam.exe build 
> that does include debugging symbols, but otherwise is a release build?

Not quite easy, but I don't think you need optimization. Try checking
out tools/build/jam_src again and building with --debug --noassert.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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