Re: [Boost-testing] Get boost-build.jam error with run.py

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-28 17:01:44

Christopher Cambly wrote:
> Rene Rivera wrote on 11/28/2007 03:07:42 PM:
>> Christopher Cambly wrote:
>>> Switching over to run.py fails as well, although with a different error
>>> than regression.py.  Here is the command:
>>>
>>> python run.py --runner=IBM_Canada_Ltd --tag=trunk --toolsets=vacpp
>>> --bjam-toolset=vacpp --pjl-toolset=vacpp --debug-level=1 --timeout=30
>>> --user=
>>>
>>> and the error message:
>>> ...
>> [...]
>>> IOError: [Errno url error] unknown url type: 'https'
>>>
>>> Ideas?
>> I guess your build of Python and/or urllib doesn't have the HTTPS
>> handler available. Or maybe it's trying to connect and has no user name
>> to connect with... I think what you want to do is remove the "--user="
>> option so that it uses the anonymous (HTTP) user access. Or change it to
>> "--user=anonymous".
>>
> 
> The --user= option implies do not use SVN but instead use downloaded
> tarballs.  If I specify --user=anonymous, the build scripts think I have
> SVN installed on the machine which I cannot install :-(

D'oh, indeed. Sorry my brain is rather scattered this week. I'll 
investigate why it's trying to use https with an empty user.

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