Re: [Boost-build] Problems building on Win7

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Problems building on Win7
From: Jürgen Hunold (jhunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-08 13:17:47

Hi Raffi,
Am Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2015, 16:01:06 schrieb Raffi Enficiaud:
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently working on boost.test. I am encountering an annoying problem
> on my Win7 machine. Starting from a freshly cloned repository:

> - all junctions are removed and replaced by copies
> - some headers are missing, for instance in boost/chrono/detail. Running
> things a third time does not help.
> 
> I am obliged to remove the boost/ directory and restart the build of the
> dependencies.

> Is this a known problem? 

Yes, reported several times:

My last reply:
http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2014/07/27617.php

http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2014/07/215266.php
http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2014/07/215276.php 

> Is it related to my operating system?

I think so. But hardlinks are only used on Windows because users don't have 
the rights to create symlinks by default.

Unfortunately Steven Watanabe which wrote almost all of the code seems to be 
missing in action. 

Yours,

Jürgen
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