Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-01 10:15:29

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

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:uhdgi971q.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>
> [snip]
>
>>> No! It's supposed to check %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% first, then %HOME%,
>>> then %BOOST_BUILD_PATH%. I'll look at this.
>>
>> Should be fixed now.
>>
>>> Just out of curiosity: why weren't HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set in your
>>> environment? Aren't they set up for you by Windows?
>>
>> Still curious, though.
>
> Me too. I've tried googling as well as searching the MS Knowledge Base but 
> couldn't find any reference to a similar problem. I'll try the MS 
> newsgroups.
>
> FWIW, I can reproduce the problem on both of my XP SP2 machines.

?? I thought Eric was the only one with the problem. Is it fixed now?

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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