Re: [Boost-build] Issue attempting to stage boost on windows MSVC-10.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Issue attempting to stage boost on windows MSVC-10.0
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-06 10:43:57

AMDG

On 11/06/2013 07:29 AM, John Bargman wrote:
> Does the boost issue tracker have a particular format for bug reports?

Nothing specail.  You can call it something like:

"b2 cannot find Jamroot when run at the root of
a mounted partition."

> Should I include any of the Outputs produced?
> Is the mounting issue the cause / would you like me to include any
> additional information in that regard?

Yes.  The mounting issue appears to be the cause.
You can include a link to this thread.  It should
appear in the archives at http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/

> On 2013-11-06 15:22, Steven Watanabe wrote:
>> AMDG
>>
>> On 11/06/2013 03:38 AM, PJB wrote:
>>> I've attached the output, and noticed a couple of things that are a
>>> possible cause.
>>>
>>> On my development machine Visual studio is installed on the D drive,
>>> also
>>> (and possibly unrelated) the boost folder is a NTFS mounted partion
>>> in the
>>> location of development (D:\Local_Git\Boost_1_54_0)
>>>
>> Aha.  Notice that scanning "D:\Local_Git\Boost_1_54_0\" doesn't
>> include "D:\Local_Git\Boost_1_54_0\."  This is the source of
>> the problem.  (The same thing applies to "D:\.")  Current
>> Boost.Build assumes that "." always exists.  Can you file
>> a ticket at http://svn.boost.org/?  I should be able to
>> reproduce the problem now.
>>

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe