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From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-08 12:02:57


   Hi Stefan.

> ...updating 2 targets...
> docutils.html ../../../bin.v2/libs/python/doc/gcc-4.1.2/debug/building.html
> Unknown option: -g
> usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ...
> Try `python -h' for more information.
>
>
> "python" -gdt --source-url=./building.rst --link-stylesheet
> --traceback --trim-footnote-reference-space
> --footnote-references=superscript --stylesheet=../../../rst.css
> building.rst ../../../bin.v2/libs/python/doc/gcc-4.1.2/debug/building.html
>
>
> So it seems boost.build tries to invoke python with the '-g' option,
> which doesn't appear to be recognized. What is going on ?

   Fails for me too on Windows XP under Cygwin.

   The culprit is the Boost Python doc Jamfile which explicitly sets
this option in the docutils-html rule. Hopefully this can give a clue to
someone debugging this.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić


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