Re: [Boost-build] [python port] build.sh args? (was Re: bjam acceleration

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-25 08:30:19

Larry Evans wrote:

> On 10/25/07 01:12, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>> Well, the Python port of Boost.Build is progressing nicely, and
> [snip]
> 
>> More details are here:
>> 
>>         http://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build/wiki/PythonPort
>> 
>> although at this point the python port is not ready for general testing,
>> I expect the core files and gcc to be ready really soon.
> 
> Great!
> 
> However,
> 
>   http://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build/wiki/PythonPort/Quickstart
> 
> contains:
> 
>    Get a fresh version of Boost.Jam from
>      http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/jam
> 
>    and build it, by going to the "src" subdirectory and running
>    ./build.sh --with-python=/usr
> 
> however, the insource comments in build.sh say:
> 
>    # The one option we support in the invocation
>    # is the name of the toolset to force building
>    # with.
>    case "$1" in
> 
> so, I'm guessing the --with-python is ignored?  I tried
> without the --with-python and it ran OK.

Well, --with-python works for me just fine.

- Volodya