
Hi, Over on the Boost-Users mailinglist we have found that this environment variable (and perhaps unknown but maybe others) will cause bootstrap.sh / Jam failure during the Boost libraries compile and install. Heres the full thread: http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2011/04/67716.php You (or Jam developement team) may wish to consider taking some kind of action to avoid this as VMS is a very common acronym for "Virtual Machines". Its usage elsewhere is widespread and certainly not Boost-specific. Other choices of course - maybe look towards documenting such usag(es) if they cannot be easily avoided. Or consider ways to detect / warn / clean out the users shell environment variables if they are conflicting. Sorry I cant help any further however as a new user I simply have no experience with the Boost library yet. Many thanks. dreamcat4 dreamcat4@gmail.com

AMDG On 04/12/2011 08:54 AM, Dreamcat4 wrote:
Over on the Boost-Users mailinglist we have found that this environment variable (and perhaps unknown but maybe others) will cause bootstrap.sh / Jam failure during the Boost libraries compile and install.
Heres the full thread:
http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2011/04/67716.php
You (or Jam developement team) may wish to consider taking some kind of action to avoid this as VMS is a very common acronym for "Virtual Machines". Its usage elsewhere is widespread and certainly not Boost-specific.
Other choices of course - maybe look towards documenting such usag(es) if they cannot be easily avoided. Or consider ways to detect / warn / clean out the users shell environment variables if they are conflicting. Sorry I cant help any further however as a new user I simply have no experience with the Boost library yet.
Can you try the attached patch? I've tested it on Windows 7 and Fedora 14. In Christ, Steven Watanabe

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
AMDG
On 04/12/2011 08:54 AM, Dreamcat4 wrote:
Over on the Boost-Users mailinglist we have found that this environment variable (and perhaps unknown but maybe others) will cause bootstrap.sh / Jam failure during the Boost libraries compile and install.
Heres the full thread:
http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2011/04/67716.php
You (or Jam developement team) may wish to consider taking some kind of action to avoid this as VMS is a very common acronym for "Virtual Machines". Its usage elsewhere is widespread and certainly not Boost-specific.
Other choices of course - maybe look towards documenting such usag(es) if they cannot be easily avoided. Or consider ways to detect / warn / clean out the users shell environment variables if they are conflicting. Sorry I cant help any further however as a new user I simply have no experience with the Boost library yet.
Can you try the attached patch? I've tested it on Windows 7 and Fedora 14.
Its a good effort. I downloaded that revision from SVN and applied the patch. Heres the console output: https://gist.github.com/916059 Let me know if you want me to try it again - i'd be happy to.
In Christ, Steven Watanabe
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AMDG On 04/12/2011 11:18 AM, Dreamcat4 wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Steven Watanabe<watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
Can you try the attached patch? I've tested it on Windows 7 and Fedora 14.
Its a good effort. I downloaded that revision from SVN and applied the patch. Heres the console output:
https://gist.github.com/916059
Let me know if you want me to try it again - i'd be happy to.
Okay. I missed a couple instances. Try this one. In Christ, Steven Watanabe

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
AMDG
On 04/12/2011 11:18 AM, Dreamcat4 wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Steven Watanabe<watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
Can you try the attached patch? I've tested it on Windows 7 and Fedora 14.
Its a good effort. I downloaded that revision from SVN and applied the patch. Heres the console output:
https://gist.github.com/916059
Let me know if you want me to try it again - i'd be happy to.
Okay. I missed a couple instances. Try this one.
--show-libraries not giving any output https://gist.github.com/916192
In Christ, Steven Watanabe
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