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

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [build] error... configure-really
From: Andy Schweitzer (a.schweitzer.grps_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-24 17:32:11

Andy Schweitzer wrote:
> Andy Schweitzer wrote:
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>>
>>> The same command in the same directory? The error basically means that:
>>> 1. Boost.Build could not find the compiler at the location you provided
>>> 2. It failed to report that politely.
>>>
>>> The issue (2) is fixed in SVN HEAD, but I don't see what can cause 
>>> (1) to
>>> happen at random -- except a failing hard drive. Can you run with
>>> --debug-configuration option and post the output?
>>>
>>
> 
> A little hacking later, I see that the search path for cl.exe does not 
> include the changes to the %PATH% environment variable made in the batch 
> file evc8.bat, called by <setup> parameter in user-config.jam. 
> 

explicitly calling evc8.bat in the command prompt, *then* the command line,

bjam link=static ^
--with-system ^
toolset=msvc-8.0~wm5~slport5.2 ^
stdlib=stlport ^
--debug-configuration > bjam.txt

makes the build complete.

because evc8.bat pipes output to a file, after deleting the file created 
   by the manual run, and running the above bjam command line, I can see 
that the the batch file is never called by bjam.

Any idea why the setup batch file wasn't called?