Re: [Boost-build] [build] error... configure-really

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [build] error... configure-really
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-23 21:08:03

AMDG

Andy Schweitzer wrote:
> My bjam started mysteriously failing, apparently in something called 
> configure-really.
>
>
> Any idea how to trouble-shoot this?
>
>
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2/tools\msvc.jam:734: in 
> configure-really
> *** argument error
> * rule path.make ( native )
> * called with: (  )
> * missing argument native
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2/util\path.jam:44:see 
> definition of rule 'make' being called
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2/tools\msvc.jam:184: in configure
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2/tools\msvc.jam:137: in msvc.init
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2/build\toolset.jam:38: in 
> toolset.using
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:447: in 
> process-explicit-toolset-requests
> C:/nan/boost/boost_1_38_0/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:527: in load
> C:\nan\boost\boost_1_38_0\tools\build\v2/kernel\modules.jam:283: in 
> import
> C:\nan\boost\boost_1_38_0\tools\build\v2\kernel\bootstrap.jam:138: in 
> boost-build
> C:\nan\boost\boost_1_38_0\boost-build.jam:16: in module scope

How are you configuring msvc in user-config.jam?
Do you have the Express edition of the compiler installed?  (if so, you
need to use msvc-9.0express instead of msvc-9.0)
I thought that this problem had been dealt with, but apparently not.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe