Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #12448: Boost fails to build when path contains % (percent sign) https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/12448 <p> Ubuntu 14.04, Boost 1.61.0: </p> <pre class="wiki">zaytsev@work:~/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0$ ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=$(pwd)/../install Building Boost.Build engine with toolset gcc... tools/build/src/engine/bin.linuxx86_64/b2 Detecting Python version... 2.7 Detecting Python root... /usr Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?... not found. Generating Boost.Build configuration in project-config.jam... Bootstrapping is done. To build, run: ./b2 To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'. Further information: - Command line help: ./b2 --help - Getting started guide: http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html - Boost.Build documentation: http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/index.html zaytsev@work:~/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0$ ./b2 install /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:107: in modules.call-in ERROR: rule "&lt;abi&gt;sysv" unknown in root module. /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/util/indirect.jam:98: in indirect.call /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/targets.jam:1054: in evaluate-requirements /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/targets.jam:1112: in common-properties2 /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/targets.jam:977: in targets.common-properties /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/targets.jam:1303: in alias-target-class.generate /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/boostcpp.jam:432: in build-multiple /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/boostcpp.jam:394: in class@top-level-target.generate /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/targets.jam:774: in generate-really /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build/targets.jam:746: in class@main-target.generate /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/build-system.jam:714: in load /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:295: in import /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/tools/build/src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139: in boost-build /home/zaytsev/src/boost/bad%path/boost_1_61_0/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope </pre> en-us Boost C++ Libraries /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/12448 Trac 1.4.3 anonymous Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:04:16 GMT <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/12448#comment:1 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/12448#comment:1</guid> <description> <p> If you are interested how come I ended up with such weird build directory paths, have a look at this related issue: </p> <p> <a class="ext-link" href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-34564"><span class="icon">​</span>https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-34564</a> </p> <p> Since recently, Jenkins generates such paths for the builds, because they opted to use URL encoding scheme to mangle potentially problematic characters, like "/". </p> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> </channel> </rss>