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From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-22 08:47:37


[2003-08-22] Daryle Walker wrote:

>[I originally posted this on the Install list.]
>
>This is really more of an UNIX & Mac OS X question.
>
>I'm trying out an already-built executable of BJam on my Mac OS X
>10.2.6 system. I want to define BOOST_ROOT, etc., so the Jamfiles can
>see them. However, I can't get my shell (bash) to read the information
>off a dotfile when I open a terminal window. (I can get it to work
>when I enter stuff manually.) The system reads the additions of my
>PATH variable just fine, though. Do I need to do a total reboot (I've
>logged out and back in, but not rebooted), or am I writing the
>exporting commands wrong, or am I using the wrong dotfiles? (I used to
>remember UNIX so well....)
>
>BJam gives a warning about the Python shell variables not being
>defined. The suggested values are within a framework. Are there
>copies of the Python headers in the conventional spots I can use
>instead?

Daryle we'll need more information than you give. Specifically what the
shell script looks like. Without that I can't say if you are setting them
correctly. Also, since it's an environment issue, could you provide the
output of the "env" command.

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