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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Filesystem with MSVC8 & STLPort linker errors
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-12 17:56:38

AMDG

Craig Henderson wrote:
> 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
>   

I see.  This is a bug in the stlport toolset.  The code has been
fixed, so your user-config.jam will probably break in 1.40.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe