Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-30 21:34:58

"Johan Nilsson" <r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:upsvdfl14.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> "Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>
> [snip]
>
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>>> 3) What is my $HOME directory? The boost-sandbox\libs\typeof\doc?
>>
>> Sorry, that was a Unix-ism. Just
>>
>> set HOME=%HOMEPATH%
>
> Actually, I think that this should be:
>
> set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

Done.

I tried to create a regression test for this, but I couldn't get the
test system to pass environment variable settings down to the invoked
bjam process.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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