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From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-25 11:02:27


Larry Evans wrote:
> On 10/25/07 08:21, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> [snip]
>>> If not, then how
>>> does the user know which value to use?
>> It should be the 'installation prefix' used when building/installing
>> python.
>>
>>> Also, how do you test for whether bjam is python-enabled?
>> $ bjam -f-
>> PYTHON_IMPORT_RULE os : getcwd : PyBB : getcwd
>> <Ctrl-D>
>>
>> is a quick and dirty way. We probably should change bjam -v
>> output so indicate python is enabled.
>
> OK. Tried that test and failed; so, tried ./build.sh --with-python=/usr
> and it succeeded. Sorry for noise. I just couldn't see anything
> in build.sh with python, but it was just 'disguised' in the $@
> passed to echo_run near the end.

Yea, the build.sh/bat don't use the options at all. They are passed to
the bootstrap jam0(.exe) built by build.sh/bat when run with build.jam.
It's build.jam that does all the real work.

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