Re: [Boost-testing] URGENT!!! Cause of Python failures? was: [Boost-cvs] CVS: boost/tools/build/v2/tools testing.jam, 1.46, 1.47

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-18 04:13:58

Rene Rivera wrote:

> What I observed when trying to replicate this is that doing:
> 
> cd libs/python/test
> bjam --v2 toolset=msvc-8.0 args
> bjam --v2 toolset=msvc-8.0 args
> 
> Causes the second bjam invocation to fail with:
> 
> error: Unable to find file or target named
> error: Â  Â  'args.py'
> error: referred from project at
> error: Â  Â  '.'
> 
> This is because the first bjam invocation succeeded and deleted the
> "args.py" file! To say the least this is not good :-) According to Dave
> it should be delete the "args.pyd" file which is the module it
> generated, not the python program.

Fixed on HEAD and RC_1_34_0. Sorry for breakage.

- Volodya