From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-03 17:45:11
Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> Well, it's augmenting the list of directories that will be stuck into
>> PATH before the executable is run. The reason for adding
>> $(CYGWIN_ROOT)/$(p) is that if the developer of the Jamfile was using
>> Cygwin bjam, the absolute path "/foo/bar" actually maps to
>> "$(CYGWIN_ROOT)/foo/bar" for the person running the tests under
>> regular windows bjam.
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand this. Most of the the time 'p' is implicitly
> generated by Boost.Build, so under regular windows bjam it will still be
> correct. nt
I guess it's for "the rest of the time".
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com