Re: [Boost-users] bjam crashes when trying to compile boost with Visual Studio 2003

From: Nyenyec N (nyenyec_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-26 15:32:42

Sor

On 4/26/06, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Nyenyec N wrote:
>
> > bjam keeps crashing on me.
> >
> > I downloaded the executable and tried it on different machines.
> > Following the "Getting started" guide bjam.exe always crashes.
> >
> > "...one of the most highly regarded and expertly designed C++ library
> > projects in the world." The build tool crashes at the first step. My
> > emails sent to the mailing list are ignored. What gives?
> >
> > I can't believe that I'm the only person with this problem. It's not
> > like Windows is such an exotic platform...
>
> Last time I've built bjam on Windows, which was a week ago, it worked
> without any questions.
>
> As for "emails being ignored", I'm sorry. On the other hand, the way you
> frame your bug report somewhat reduces the changes of a good reply. You did
> not specify your operating system, you did not specify where you've got
> bjam -- built from source or dowloaded prebuilt version.

I use WinXP Pro, English version. I did mention that:
> > I downloaded the executable and tried it on different machines.

Anyways, I found a workaround and compiled regex without the use of
bjam, using the vs71 specific makefiles.

It seems to work so far.

-- nyenyec