Re: [Boost-build] bjam.exe crash on Windows Vista

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam.exe crash on Windows Vista
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-24 03:20:32

On Monday 24 August 2009 Alexey Badyaev wrote:

> Vladimir Prus пишет:
> > Build Boost.Jam with debug information, by going to tools/jam/src and
> > running
> > 
> >         build.bat --debug
> > 
> > Then, run that version. When it crashes, you should be able to fire up
> > visual studio and see where it crashed. Please provide the complete
> > backtrace.
> 
> Hi, Vladimir!
> 
> Debugger say, crash in file class.c in line 120. In body of function:
> 
> char * make_class_module( LIST * xname, LIST * bases, FRAME * frame )
> {
>      char       * name = class_module_name( xname->string );
>      char     * * pp = &xname->string;
>      module_t   * class_module = 0;
>      module_t   * outer_module = frame->module;
> 
>      if ( !classes )
>          classes = hashinit( sizeof( char * ), "classes" );
> 
>      if ( hashcheck( classes, (HASHDATA * *)&pp ) )
>      {
>          printf( "Class %s already defined\n", xname->string );
>          abort();
>      }

This is not really a crash, this is a diagnostic then. Do you see
the above error message printed? If so, you might want to check 
what class is being defined twice.

- Volodya