[Boost-build] python examples in latest boost-trunk svn don't compile

Subject: [Boost-build] python examples in latest boost-trunk svn don't compile
From: John Reid (j.reid_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-10 12:24:33

I think this is symptomatic of either:
1) somehow I've misconfigured my build environment
2) a more general problem with the latest version of boost build in svn

I've just run svn update for the first time in some time. Everything 
worked just fine until I did this. Now when I run

bjam -q

in boost-trunk\libs\python\example, I get the following error:

<successful compilation deleted>
msvc.link.dll 
..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-8.0express\debug\threading-multi\boost_python-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.dll
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
'<l/msvc-8.0express/debug/threading-multi>python25.obj'

         call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 
8\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86 >nul
link /NOLOGO /INCREMENTAL:NO /DLL /DEBUG /subsystem:console 
/out:"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-8.0
express\debug\threading-multi\boost_python-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.dll" 
/IMPLIB:"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\build\m
svc-8.0express\debug\threading-multi\boost_python-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.lib" 
/LIBPATH:"C:\apps\Python25\libs"   @"
..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-8.0express\debug\threading-multi\boost_python-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.dll.rsp
"
         if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT %ERRORLEVEL%

...failed msvc.link.dll 
..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-8.0express\debug\threading-multi\boost_python
-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.dll 
..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\python\build\msvc-8.0express\debug\threading-multi\boost_python-vc
80-mt-gd-1_38.lib...
...failed updating 1 target...
...updated 35 targets...

Can anyone else confirm whether this works for them? I'm on Windows with 
msvc 8.0 express.

Why would it be trying to link with a file with this strange name
l/msvc-8.0express/debug/threading-multi>python25.obj
anyway?

Thanks,
John.