https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/3814 <p> The bjam shipped with Boost 1.41 generally ignores unrecognized options; e.g. "./bootstrap.sh; ./bjam --blabla" will build everything just fine. However, if I pass "--pythonbla", I get a very mysterious failure: </p> <pre class="wiki">steve@riemann{boost}./bjam --pythonbla Boost.Build V2 Python port (experimental) /home/steve/Packages/boost/upstream/testing/trunk/boost/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:223: in boost-build rule PYTHON_IMPORT_RULE unknown in module /home/steve/Packages/boost/upstream/testing/trunk/boost/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope </pre><p> Why is this? This was not the behaviour in 1.40. </p> <p> This breaks the "--pythonid" patch we use in Debian; c.f. <a class="ext-link" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3544"><span class="icon">​</span>https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3544</a> </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/3814 Trac 1.4.3 Vladimir Prus Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:36:09 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/3814#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/3814#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">fixed</span> </li> </ul> <p> (In <a class="changeset" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/changeset/58668" title="Only use Python port of Boost.Build when exactly '--python' is passed. ...">[58668]</a>) Only use Python port of Boost.Build when exactly '--python' is passed. Fixes <a class="closed ticket" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/3814" title="#3814: Bugs: bjam special cases --pythonXXX options? (closed: fixed)">#3814</a>. </p> Ticket