Re: make-NT rule in util/path.jam

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-04 09:45:35

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi Toon,
>> Whenever I use bjam on windows saying that path.join( elements + ) is
>> called with an empty argument list from within make-NT in path.jam.
>>
>> Now I have seen that make-UNIX first tests if the argument is not empty
>> before continuing, could I add the same test to make-NT ?
>>
>> (I have reported this while Vladimir was on vacation but thought to post
>> it again because Vladimir probably missed it)
>
> Thanks for the reminder. Looking at the stack trace in your original email, I 
> think the problem is somewhere else -- we should not be calling path.make 
> with empty string.

Maybe you should change the signature of make-Unix so that you are
more likely to see the problem.

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Dave Abrahams
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