Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Filesystem with MSVC8 & STLPort linker errors

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Filesystem with MSVC8 & STLPort linker errors
From: Craig Henderson (cdm.henderson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-12 17:30:59

Steven Watanabe wrote:
> bjam treats \ as an escape character.
> Use forward slashes.  Boost.Build should translate the paths to
> use backslashes when invoking the compiler.

That's fixed it - thanks very much. It was the \'s in the configuration
path.

FWIW, my build fails with the extra colon:
C:/root/Development/Library/Boost/boost_1_39_0/tools/build/v2/build\toolset.
jam:
38: in toolset.using
*** argument error
* rule stlport.init ( version ? : headers libraries * )
* called with: (  :
C:/root/Development/Library/STLport/STLport-5.2.1/stlport :
C:/root/Development/Library/STLport/STLport-5.2.1/lib/vc8 :  :  :  :  :  )
* extra argument C:/root/Development/Library/STLport/STLport-5.2.1/lib/vc8
C:/root/Development/Library/Boost/boost_1_39_0/tools/build/v2/tools\stlport.
jam:
290:see definition of rule 'init' being called

Thanks for you help
-- Craig