Re: [Boost-build] JAMSHELL doesn't work

From: Vyacheslav E. Andrejev (mortituris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-20 14:45:12

Hello Ilya,

IS> You should set JAMSHELL in your jamfile, not in the system
IS> environment.

I don't have *my* jamfile, I compile boost libraries and modifying its jamfiles 
seems like a not very good idea.

Actually I got it. The problem with JAMSHELL is that bjam searches its value 
in namespace defined by the current toolset. For example, if I load msvc 
toolset by the following command:

using msvc ;

then JAMSHELL will be searched in msvc module. For commands like a creation 
of directories JAMSHELL is searched in the module named common.

So the solution is to add

modules.poke msvc : JAMSHELL : 4nt.exe /C % ;

to the user-config.jam file.

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-- Vyacheslav E. Andrejev
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