Re: [Boost-build] building boost in cygwin using msvc

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-26 19:11:27

Jurko Gospodnetic' wrote:
>   Hi Rene.
> 
>> Jurko Gospodnetic' wrote:
>>>   Hi Ilya
>>>
>>>> In msvc.jam replace
>>>>
>>>> suffix = " >nul \"&&\" " ;
>>>>
>>>> with
>>>>
>>>> suffix = " \">nul\" && " ;
>>>
>>>   Should this be changed on the trunk?
>>
>> Please refrain from messing with this in the trunk until after the 
>> 1.36 release. We already have a problem with someone changing test 
>> tools code. And we can't afford to have a halt in testing at this time.
> 
>   I have not made any changes but I do not see any testers running on 
> cygwin? If there are none then changing this exact command line will not 
> affect anyone.

It would affect anyone using msvc.jam. And hence all the VC testers and 
more importantly it would affect release supported toolsets. And as such 
it needs much more testing than we have time for.

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