Re: [boost] [build] bootstrap.sh is still broken

On 21.10.2013 21:38, Rene Rivera wrote:

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Vladimir Prus wrote:

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On 21.10.2013 21:03, Stephan T. Lavavej wrote:

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http://lists.boost.org/boost-**build/2013/10/27025.phphttp://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2013/10/27025.php

[Rene Rivera]

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Could you post the diff patches as attachments? It's almost impossible to deal with inline diffs to apply these. Even though I can't test any of this. I'm willing to apply the patches.

Thanks! Download this: http://nuwen.net/stuff/boost-**bootstrap.patchhttp://nuwen.net/stuff/boost-bootstrap.patch

As I explained in my mail, the diff for boost_1_54_0/bootstrap.sh is a horrible hack and should not be applied. It fixes mingw but breaks everyone else. I would love to get a real fix for this, but someone would have to investigate.

The diffs for boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/**engine/build.jam and boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/**engine/build.sh should be applied - they fix mingw and should not affect anyone else.

[Vladimir Prus]

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And on the mingw topic, I might have missed something, but I think the

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issue is still mingw vs. gcc naming inconsistency between bootstrap.sh and b2 proper - which is ugly, but not quite a showstopper?

That's what my boost_1_54_0/bootstrap.sh diff is hacking around. It's a showstopper in the sense that it completely breaks the build, and I haven't figured out how to evade it with command-line arguments.

Ok. Rene, Steven, how about we s/mingw/gcc throughout b2 engine source?

Fine by me.. But since I no longer have, or can get setup, a MinGW install it's not something I will be able to test at all :-(

Well, I do have a Windows box, but last time I checked, there was a dozen of flavours of MinGW. Stephan, can you point at whatever packages needs to be downloaded to try? - Volodya