Re: [Boost-build] error with 'import platform ;'

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] error with 'import platform ;'
From: Oliver Kowalke (k-oli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-21 04:34:05

Vladimir Prus schrieb:

> What is 'platform.architecture'? 
platform.architecture() (Python) returns the 'bitness' and the binary 
format/linkage

Is that a module from Python standard library? If so, for starters, have 
you built bjam with Python support?
Ok - it seams I haven't. Because other users could build bjam without 
support for Python does boost.build provide the infos returned by 
platform.architecture() and platform.machine()?

> If so, you can do this:
> 
>     PYTHON_IMPORT_RULE platform : architecture : : platform.architecture ;
> 
> and then use
> 
>     [ platform.architecture ]
> 
> everywhere. Does this help?
If this is the only way I try it.

Thx, Oliver