"David Abrahams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "Johan Nilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [cross-posted, but it seemed appropriate] > > > > Hi, > > > > just wanted to bring this one up: I've come across some problems putting > > boost source to an OpenVMS system: Filenames cannot include more than one > > dot ('.') - i.e. names like <whatever>.cpp.html aren't allowed. The only > > exception is (naturally) in directory specifications, e.g: > > DISK$USER:[DIR.SUBDIR.ANOTHER_SUBDIR]. > > > > I do realize that VMS platforms might not be of highest priority, but it > > sure would be nice to be compatible. And, one never knows, when(ever) the > > IA64 OpenVMS port is completed we might have a revival ;-) > > > > [... and I've not even been able to start _building_ the boost libraries > > yet - I guess I'll be in for a whole lot more of problems then ...] > > Johan, > > Do you know of specific problems we have? I would be a bit shocked if > VMS incompatibilities hadn't crept into the bjam sources, for example. >
Haven't got that far yet. I 've just recently managed to bootstrap bjam, but haven't had the time to actually use/test it. Boost.thread is one thing I've been planning to use, but that's probably not going to be realized until next year. As you say, I would also be a bit surprised if there didn't exist any VMS incompatibilities - I've been using classic jam for a while, and even with that one there was a problem with the dependency checking / header scanning stuff. I'll get back to the list once I've got something more specific. This is unfortunately on a pretty low priority right now, and I haven't got VMS at home ;-). It is, however, in my own interest to put in some work for VMS compatibility. // Johan _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
