Paul A Bristow wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus Sent: 31 August 2007 10:12 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost.Build] installation problem
david shaw wrote:
I open the user-config.jam file (like explained) and I modify the file,
using gcc : : "C:\mingw\bin\g++";
and if so, you need a whitespace before ";"
This syntax is so foreign - bizarre even - to most users, that I would beg someone PLEASE to put a warning on ALL jamfiles, something like
# WARNING! Jam syntax means you need a whitespace before every ;
I'll bet this trips up every single first-time user (been there, done that), usually when you are struggling to understand what ithe jamfile is trying to do.
I'd guess that fixing that in jam is less work than editing all Jamfiles (or writing a script to edit all Jamfiles). That said, nobody had the time still, patches welcome. - Volodya