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

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [build] error... configure-really
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-24 01:57:11

On Sunday 24 May 2009 05:07:49 Steven Watanabe wrote:
> 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.

Not in 1.38. And anyway, there was a fix to prevent hard failure, but
still not finding the compiler is not good.

- Volodya