Re: [Boost-build] [git] genrating forward headers

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [git] genrating forward headers
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-19 09:45:27

Bjørn Roald <bjorn <at> 4roald.org> writes:

> 
> On 07/19/2013 03:26 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:
> > Can we please get these patches applied to trunk?
>...
> 
> Agree, someone please get this into trunk.  The patches I used are 
> attached here:
> http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2013/07/26861.php

Steven, since you understand what is going on with headers, could you look
these patches over and then apply them?

> The problem with execute bit on the unix shell scripts need to be fixed 
> in conversion I guess. In the meantime the following steps on Linux 
> allow testing:
> 
> chmod 775 bootstrap.sh tools/build/v2/engine/build.sh
> ./bootstrap.sh
> ./b2 headers
> ./b2

Perhaps submit a ticket? I'm not sure to which tracker it should go to.

> Note I have not tested on windows.

I've been testing on Windows. After deleting the extra headers in
type_traits, deleting the boost header hierarchy, and rerunning "b2
headers", the regression tests for config, system, and filesystem are now
working.

Thanks,

--Beman