Re: How to compile jam.exe with Visual Studio .NET (Win2000) where to download it?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-01 10:42:26

Vladimir Prus <yg-boost-users_at_[hidden]> writes:

> rasasenkuviene wrote:
>
>> I was trying to build boost-jam and boost-build executable with
>> build.bat in Visual Studio .NET (Windows 2000) from downloaded
>> sources. However, ended with single non-functional jam0.exe and
>> truncated to zero length my own compiler cl.exe from Visual
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do you mean that the compilation process actually overwrote your
compiler executable??

If so, this is the second report we've had of jam modifying files
that it wasn't supposed to.  I can't imagine why it would do that,
but maybe we can find out.

Can you invoke the build script to invoke jam0 with the -d+2 -d+4
options and post the output so we can see what's going on?

     build.bat -d+2 -d+5

If you're afraid that will delete your compiler again, you can always
add -n to prevent any build actions:

     build.bat -d+2 -d+5 -n

I'd really appreciate having the info.

Thanks!
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com