[Boost-build] win32 problem: ..//target fails

From: Ray Lambert (codemonkey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-06 16:41:26

Hi,

I have a cross-platform project that I'm trying to compile on windows for
the first time (intial and primary work is done in Linux).  I wrote some
Jamfiles on Linux that are tested and work fine there.  Everything appears
to be working on windows (lib's build, etc.) but a target reference is
failing when trying to build an exe.

The relevant project tree looks like this:

(root)
   /common
      /tests

(root) has an empty Jamroot and 'common' and 'tests' each have a (very
simple) Jamfile.  'common' builds a static lib and the targets in 'tests'
try to link to it.

The Jamfile in 'common' looks like this:

  lib common : [ glob *.cpp ] : <include>. <include>.. <link>static ;

The Jamfile in 'tests' looks like this:

  exe xmltest : xmltest.cpp ..//common [ lib expat ] : <include>../.. ;

'common' builds successfully.  When I try to build the target 'xmltest' in
'tests' I get the following error:

  error: Unable to find file or target named
  error:     '..//common'
  error: referred from project at
  error:     '.'

Again, this all works perfectly on Linux.  I've seached quite a bit but I
cannot find anything relating to bugs or alternative behaviour of the
'..//common' syntax on windows.

The output of "bjam --version" is:

  Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 11)
  Boost.Jam 03.1.14

I'm running on XP (with cygwin and rxvt).  I'm using cygwin's gcc (version
3.4.4).

Anyone have an idea on this one?

Thanks!

~ray

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