Hallo, the following patch makes it possible to compile process_jam_log.cpp with the Borland compilers. In a ternary operator the Borland compiler doesn't apply the implicit conversin from a [const] char * to a std::string. Cheers, Nicola Musatti Index: process_jam_log.cpp =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/tools/regression/process_jam_log.cpp,v retrieving revision 1.38 diff -d -b -u -r1.38 process_jam_log.cpp --- process_jam_log.cpp 28 Jun 2005 00:24:41 -0000 1.38 +++ process_jam_log.cpp 23 Jan 2006 23:06:22 -0000 @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ // add the "run" stop_message action tl.add_action( action_name, - result == "succeed" && note() ? "note" : result, + result == "succeed" && note() ? std::string("note") : result, timestamp, content ); }