Re: [Boost-build] Won't build - Hello example fails

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Won't build - Hello example fails
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-14 13:45:47

On Monday, March 14, 2011 19:57:03 Christopher Pisz wrote:
> It is my 4th day on a new job. They are using boost and evidently build
> it into a library, thus my question to this group.
> 
> Everyone else seems to build without a hitch, but for some reason mine
> fails. I tracked it down to a custom build action in one of the Visual
> Studio 2008 projects, that is part of the solution I am working on, that
> looks like this:
> 
> cd ..\boost
> SET PATH=$(PATH);..\bjam
> bjam.exe --stagedir=./ --with-thread toolset=msvc-9.0 link=static
> threading=multi runtime-link=shared variant=debug stage
> bjam.exe --stagedir=./ --with-date_time toolset=msvc-9.0 link=static
> threading=multi runtime-link=shared variant=debug stage
> bjam.exe --stagedir=./ --with-system toolset=msvc-9.0 link=static
> threading=multi runtime-link=shared variant=debug stage
> bjam.exe --stagedir=./ --with-regex toolset=msvc-9.0 link=static
> threading=multi runtime-link=shared variant=debug stage
> bjam.exe --stagedir=./ --with-program_options toolset=msvc-9.0
> link=static threading=multi runtime-link=shared variant=debug stage
> bjam.exe --stagedir=./ --with-filesystem toolset=msvc-9.0 link=static
> threading=multi runtime-link=shared variant=debug stage
> 
> 
> I tried manually entering the commands at the command line and the very
> first call to bjam.exe fails
> 
> Additionally, I started reading the Boost.Build manual that came with
> their version of boost and the same error occurs when I try the "hello"
> example.
> 
> I can't figure out how or where from it is getting the path
> 'C:\DOCUME~1\cpisz\Local', but obviously it is not interpreting the
> space in "local settings" as part of the path. When I look at the build
> log on my peer's machines, they have a path of the
> "C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALSE~1" type. They have the ~1 and double quotes
> while I don't. Where is this path coming from?
> 
> 
> 
> My output looks like this:
> 
> C:\Perforce\TSS\vendor\boost\tools\build\v2\example\hello>bjam
> ...found 11 targets...
> ...updating 7 targets...
> common.mkdir bin
> 'C:\DOCUME~1\cpisz\Local' is not recognized as an internal or external
> command, operable program or batch file.
> 
>          if not exist "bin\\" mkdir "bin"

What is the value of TMP and TEMP environment varibles?

- Volodya

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Vladimir Prus
http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.com
Boost.Build: http://boost.org/boost-build2