https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2160 <p> Build: boost 1.36.0 beta </p> <p> To Repro:<br /> 1) Build bjam from the beta release<br /> 2) Setup site-config.jam to use msvc-9.0express.<br /> 3) Update BOOST_ROOT to point to beta boost tree's root.<br /> 4) Invoked bjam.exe from the boost root with no arguments. </p> <p> Expected results:<br /> </p> <ul><li>All targets should build successfully </li></ul><p> Actual result:<br /> </p> <ul><li>"...failed updating 1 target...", namely test_main.obj </li></ul><p> Output:<br />"""<br /> compile-c-c++ C:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\bin.v2\libs\test\build\ms vc-9.0express\debug\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\threading-multi\test_main.o bj test_main.cpp C:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\boost/test/unit_test_suite.hpp(82) : error C2018: unknown character '0x12' </p> <blockquote> <p> call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86 &gt;nul<br /> </p> </blockquote> <p> cl /Zm800 -nologo @"C:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\bin.v2\libs\test\build\msvc-9.0express\debug\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\threading-multi\test_main.obj.rsp" </p> <p> ...failed compile-c-c++ C:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\bin.v2\libs\test\build\msvc-9.0express\debug\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\threading-multi\test_main.obj...<br /> ...skipped &lt;pC:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\bin.v2\libs\test\build\msvc-9.0express\debug\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\threading-multi&gt;libboost_test_exec_monitor-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.lib for lack of &lt;pC:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_ 1_36_beta\bin.v2\libs\test\build\msvc-9.0express\debug\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\threading-multi&gt;test_main.obj...<br /> ...failed updating 1 target...<br /> ...skipped 1 target... <br />"""<br /> </p> <p> .rsp file: <br />"""<br /> "C:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\libs\test\src\test_main.cpp" -Fo"C:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta\bin.v2\libs\test\build\msvc-9.0express\debug\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\threading-multi\test_main.obj" -TP /Z7 /Od /Ob0 /W3 /GR /MDd /Zc:forScope /Zc:wchar_t /wd4675 /EHa -c -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1<br /> "-IC:\Users\Ryan\Code\Boost\boost_1_36_beta" <br />"""<br /> </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2160 Trac 1.4.3 Gennadiy Rozental Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:10:34 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2160#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2160#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">worksforme</span> </li> </ul> Ticket