Re: build.bat change to help debug bjam crashes

From: David Abrahams (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-14 16:55:57

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 02:53 PM 7/14/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
> >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?
>
> My guess is that would be fine.
>
> >Not quite easy, but I don't think you need optimization. Try checking
> >out tools/build/jam_src again and building with --debug --noassert.
>
> Didn't seem to have the desired effect. I assume a -DNDEBUG was expected. 
> Below is the command line (-d2).

Sorry, please try again.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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