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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Python tests hang on Darwin.
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-04 17:03:53


AMDG

David Abrahams wrote:
> I'm completely baffled about this, and it's really interfering with my
> bug sprint. Boost.Build seems to work fine, but any tests that involve
> Python hang before anything happens, with Python using no CPU cycles.
> What's even odder, if I copy the command that launches Python out of the
> output of 'ps waux' and issue it myself, it works just fine. I *only*
> have this problem when bjam is issuing the commands. Any ideas?
>
> This is seriously messing up my bug sprint!
>

Can you run the full action that Boost.Build uses, including
setting up the environment? I believe that bjam -n prints
out all the commands used.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe


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