Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.63 fails to build with zlib and bzip2 in different directories

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.63 fails to build with zlib and bzip2 in different directories
From: Andrea Bocci (andrea.bocci_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-14 06:19:23

On 5 January 2017 at 22:05, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 1/5/2017 3:15 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
>
>> AMDG
>>
>> On 01/05/2017 12:42 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/5/2017 12:42 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>   That will have the same problem.  The bug
>>>> is at a pretty low level.  It will trigger
>>>> regardless of how you specify the paths.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does that mean that the bug is a Boost Build bug ?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>
>>   The bug is in build/ac.jam.  Basically, it accidentally attempts to
>> share incompatible
>> components between between the checks for zlib and bzip2.
>>
>
> Can this be fixed ?

I think so.

Please find my attempt at https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/154 - with
it, I can successfully run my original build command.

Ciao,
.Andrea

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