Re: [Boost-build] what is correct bjam option for build dir outside source dir

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-31 19:53:19

   Hi.

>>    On the other hand I tried the following:
>>
>> bjam --build-dir=\aaa\bbb --toolset=msvc stage
>>
>> and it seemed to ignore the leading \ in the path.

   I took a look at this now and there was a bug in path.native-NT() 
causing it not to construct absolute paths without an explicitly 
specified drive letter correctly on Windows.

   I committed a patch fixing this and now --build-dir=\aaa\bbb gets 
interpreted as expected.

   I still think it should not silently misinterpret invalid paths like 
\\\\\aaa\\\\\bbb but that's a separate story for a separate commit. :-)

Commit comment:
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Corrected outputting native Windows paths so that it works correctly for 
absolute paths without the drive letter being explicitly specified, e.g. 
\aaa\bbb or /aaa/bbb.

Changeset link:
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http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/43045

   Hope this helps.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić