Douglas Gregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Wednesday 27 August 2003 08:28 pm, David Abrahams wrote:
>> Douglas Gregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >> >         * Run bjam --v2 in $BOOST_ROOT/doc
>> >>
>> >> Yup, same here. Normally though, I don't actually have BOOST_ROOT
>> >> defined as an environment variable. Is that required?
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, yes. I've been meaning to eliminate that (undocumented!)
>> > requirement, but haven't gotten to it yet.
>>
>> Dude, I fixed that weeks ago!  Did my fix get rolled back, or does it
>> just not work?
>
> The paths in BOOST_BUILD_PATH are a bit screwy, and are a mix of native paths 
> and canonical paths. For instance, on my WinXP box the first element in 
> BOOST_BUILD_PATH is:
>
>       C:\Development\Boost\boost\tools/build/kernel

That shouldn't be a problem; (b)jam doesn't care which way the
slashes go.

> I can't say for sure that the fix is what's causing problems, because I can't 
> duplicate the problem Eric is having, but I am trying to handle paths 
> appropriately and I haven't dug into the BOOST_BUILD_PATH stuff yet.

I'm not sure whether that has anything to do with my fix, but I trust
you to figger it out.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com



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