Re: [Boost-build] absolute include path for bjam with msvc in cygwin

From: Ilya Sokolov (fal_delivery_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-27 03:14:45

Andrej van der Zee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks alot for your clear explanations!
> 
>> The only way I managed to get something similar to
>> your code to work was 
>> to do the following:
>>
>>    local x = /usr/local/include ;
>>    exe aaa : aaa.cpp : <include>$(x:W) ;
>>
>>    or:
>>
>>    import path ;
>>    local x = /usr/local/include ;
>>    local y = [ path.make $(x:W) ] ;
>>    exe aaa : aaa.cpp : <include>$(y) ;
>>
> 
> For me there is no automagic path conversion from
> cygwin to Windows either.

I think it is because of missing ':W' modifiers in msvc.jam. Try to 
replace $(INCLUDES) with $(INCLUDES:W) in get-rspline rule.

> But your workaround works
> perfectly fine :)
> 
> I guess using cmd.exe with the cygwin in the path is
> not an option for me, I prefer to use bash on all
> platforms. Out of curiosity, can you really use tools
> such as vim in cmd.exe like this? Or am I
> misunderstanding you?
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrej
> 
> 
> 
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