Re: [v2] Python build still failing

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 12:09:34

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Tuesday 24 May 2005 21:04, David Abrahams wrote:
>> David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> > Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> >> On Tuesday 24 May 2005 18:18, David Abrahams wrote:
>> >>> building from libs/python/test
>> >>>
>> >>> For some reason <define>BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE isn't getting applied,
>> >>> even though it's in the target requirements for lib boost_python. Any
>> >>> clues?
>> >>
>> >> Could it be that <define>BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE is hiding inside rsp
>> >> file?
>> >
>> > It is not.
>> >
>> >> You can check this with "bjam --v2 -n -a", I guess.
>> >>
>> >> Running "bjam -v2 -n msvc" (still on Linux), I get something like:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> echo "-DBOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE" >>
>> >> "../../../bin.v2/libs/python/build/msvc/debug/wrapper_cpp.rsp"
>> >>
>> >> in the output.
>> >
>> > Hum, it seems to be there now. I swear I checked it a few hours ago
>> > and it wasn't.
>>
>> Well, here we go again. in libs/python/test I built again, and the
>> .rsp in question contains only:
>>
>> "..\..\..\libs\python\src\converter\type_id.cpp"
>>
>> -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1
>> -I"..\..\.."
>> -I"C:\Python24\include"
>>
>> and in fact here are all the commands that get generated for that
>> file:
>>
>> response-file-1
>> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\test\select_from_python_test.test\msvc-7.1\debu
>
> ^^^^^
>
> Ah, so this happens when compiling tests. Wait a minute, when compiling 
> *tests*, you don't need BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE, right? So, eventhing looks 
> correct. Am I missing something?

When compiling tests, the libraries themselves get built as
dependencies of the tests.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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