Re: [Boost-build] [cygwin] can't build bjam

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-29 18:47:29

Juergen Hunold <hunold_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> Hm, I think the only info would be what this code.. does for your
>> cygwin install...
>>
>>      char cygpath[256];
>>      cygwin_conv_to_posix_path("c:\\foo\\bar", cygpath);
>>
>> The key info is the value of "cygpath". The above is part of the
>> var_expand_unit_test function in expand.c. So perhaps you can run the
>> jam0.exe in GDB, set a break point at the above point, and see what
>> happens.
>
> I'll give it try tomorrow morning. It will be the first time I use gdb 
> on cygwin, so don't expect too much from me :-))
> Or I add a simple printf statement, which should give the needed answer 
> too.

GDB just works

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