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

From: Ilya Sokolov (fal_delivery_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-27 03:05:16

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Mat Marcus wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> 
>> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>> the msvc.jam
>>> commands where never intended, and never will be intended, to work in 
>>> any
>>> shell other than the CMD.EXE shell.

No, "cmd.exe /S /C call " string in msvc.jam proves the opposite.

>> I am surprised at the "never will be intended" part. We rely on using
>> bjam with msvc compilers from the cygwin bash shell for years. Thread
>> changes broke this in 1.35, but we are using the workarounds mentioned
>> above to get things working again. Have I misunderstood your claim
>> above? If not then, perhaps it is time for me to begin a search for a
>> replacement build system.
> 
> It's a minor misunderstanding. In response to some problems the OP was 
> having in running msvc from a cygwin shell he responded with the bjam 
> commands as run from the cygwin shell. But those commands never [1] run 
> within the cygwin shell.

He was running bin.cygwinx86/bjam, so those commands was run with cygwin 
shell.

> The commands are written to a temporary BAT 
> file, and CMD.EXE is popen executed to run the .BAT file. That behavior 
> wont change. Hence any fixes that involve it running directly within the 
> cygwin shell are irrelevant.
> 
> 
> [1] I think it's possible, with some hacking, to force it behave 
> differently.
>