Re: [Boost-build] simple setup problem

From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-22 01:03:20

Jurko Gospodnetić wrote:

>    Hi reisrocks.
> 
>> I've installed boost-build (latest version to date) but I get this
>> problem when trying to run bjam on the hello example:
>> 
>> ----------------------------
>> ...found 10 targets...
>> ...updating 6 targets...
>> MkDir1 bin
>> 'C:\DOCUME~1\TEMP\Local' is not recognized as an internal or external
>> command, operable program or batch file.
>> 
>>     mkdir "bin"
>> 
>> ...failed MkDir1 bin...
> 
>    Seems to me like something is 'wrong' in your system environment
> causing Boost Build to issue an OS command containing spaced but without
> quoting it. Please try the same example using the -d2 option and see if
> that gives you and clues.

I wonder why the error message talks about a path that does not seem to be
used in the command been run. Could it be that it's a path to the bat
file supposed to be passed to cmd.exe? Is JAMSHELL set to anything anywhere?

- Volodya