Re: [Boost-build] Doc build failure on release branch

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Doc build failure on release branch
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-09 00:41:12

On Thursday 09 October 2008 03:28:22 Eric Niebler wrote:
> Daniel James wrote:
> > I tried using my patch to build the
> > documentation, and ran into this:
> > 
> > http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/trunk/tools/build/v2/tools/common.jam?rev=48570#L510
> > 
> 
> I have patched my copy of common.jam locally to work around this 
> problem. The diff is:
> 
> Index: tools/common.jam
> ===================================================================
> --- tools/common.jam    (revision 49130)
> +++ tools/common.jam    (working copy)
> @@ -505,6 +505,10 @@
>       {
>           return "set $(variable)=$(value)$(nl)" ;
>       }
> +    else if [ os.name ] = CYGWIN
> +    {
> +        return "export $(variable)=$(value)$(nl)" ;
> +    }
>       else
>       {
>           # (todo)
> 
> 
> It seems to work just fine for me. I'm not sure if it's the Right Fix. 
> Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can have a look.

Can you explain what problem you originally run into, and what environment
you have. I think the comment was from Jurko, and it seems strange that this
new code works, while the old one does not, for any definition of "works".

- Volodya