https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2952 <p> Trying to provide a full pathname to boost-build caused <br /> error: Unknown target type EXE<br /> The problem occurs with<br /> </p> <pre class="wiki">boost-build /temp/boost-build ; </pre><p> Based on the debug output the leading slash of the pathname is removed in util/path.jam: </p> <pre class="wiki">/temp/boost-build/util\path.jam:54:&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;| native-NT /temp/boost-build/tools/types/*.jam /temp/boost-build/util\path.jam:464:&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt; MATCH ^/?(.*) : /temp/boost-build/tools/types/*.jam /temp/boost-build/util\path.jam:464:&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt; local result = temp/boost-build/tools/types/*.jam /temp/boost-build/util\path.jam:465:&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|&gt;&gt; regex.split temp/boost-build/tools/types/*.jam / </pre><p> While the equivalent </p> <pre class="wiki">boost-build c:/temp/boost-build ; </pre><p> is processed successfully. Note that the boost-build kernel is loaded using the path specified in either case, up to the point of loading the contents of tools/types/. </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2952 Trac 1.4.3 Steven Watanabe Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:04:05 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2952#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2952#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> set to <span class="trac-author">Vladimir Prus</span> </li> <li><strong>component</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">None</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">build</span> </li> </ul> Ticket