Re: bjam and windows command line problem.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-21 22:14:27

"Fernando Cacciola" <yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:uelanm6jn.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
> > "Fernando Cacciola" <yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]> writes:
> >
> > > "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> > > news:u7kgfqx6f.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
> > > > "Fernando Cacciola" <yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > >
> > > Do you know if I require an updated version of cygwin, or is there a
> problem
> > > with the bjam executable?
> >
> > I don't know, but rebuilding bjam within cygwin is as easy as
> >
> >    make CC=gcc
> >
> > from within the tools/build/jam_src directory.
> >
> Good.
> John said it won't work for Win32 executables, but it seems that it will
> work for cygwin-based apps; I might find a use for that.

If John could explain what the problem is (he mentioned absolute
paths, but Boost.Build doesn't really use absolute paths so I'm still
a bit confused), maybe a small tweak could be applied to fix it up.

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