[Boost-users] BoostJam sensitive to spaces in paths, in particular in TMP

Subject: [Boost-users] BoostJam sensitive to spaces in paths, in particular in TMP
From: Bilokon, Paul (paul.bilokon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-15 04:19:14

Hi all,

Just found this, apparently a bug, in BoostJam. I'm using an admittedly old version of Boost, V1.36.0, in this particular instance. I'm using the latest BoostJam, V3.1.17.

This occurs on Windows when the TMP environment variable contains spaces. In my case it was

"C:\Documents and Settings\xxxxxxxxxxx\Local Settings\Temp"

When you try to run something like

C:\Programs\Win32\BoostJam\V3.1.17\bjam.exe --build-type=complete --toolset=msvc-90 --with-thread

You get

MkDir1-quick-fix-for-windows bin.v2\libs\thread
'C:\Documents' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

    if not exist "bin.v2\libs\thread\\" mkdir "bin.v2\libs\thread"

...failed MkDir1-quick-fix-for-windows bin.v2\libs\thread...
This is fixed by

set TMP=C:\temp

I don't know if this merits a patch.

Regards,
Paul

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