Re: [Boost-build] building boost in cygwin using msvc

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-26 17:49:36

   Hi Ilya.

>> In msvc.jam replace
>>
>> suffix = " >nul \"&&\" " ;
>>
>> with
>>
>> suffix = " \">nul\" && " ;
> 
>   Should this be changed on the trunk?
> 
>   What are the quotes around >nul for anyway?
> 
>   I'm not a shell expert but I've tried playing around with this from 
> the cygwin bash shell but could not find a command in which those quotes 
> were needed?

   After some more testing it seems that >nul needs to be quoted so cmd 
would process it and not bash.

   I also believe that && needs to be changed to \"&\" so it would be 
processed by cmd.exe and not bash.

   Could someone confirm this please?

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić