libraries won't build

[nobody]

when I try to build boost, I get this error message

spawn: Permission denied


The full output is


C:\boost_1_33_1>bjam -sTOOLS=vc-7_1
******************************************************
Building Boost.Iostreams with bzip2 support disabled.
To enable bzip2, consult the Boost.Iostreams 
documentation
******************************************************
******************************************************
Building Boost.Iostreams with zlib and gzip support 
disabled.
To enable zlib and gzip, consult the Boost.Iostreams 
documentation
******************************************************
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--------------
*** If you don't need Boost.Python, you can ignore 
this section  ***
*** pass --without-python to suppress this message in 
the future ***

skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or 
incorrect configuration

couldn't find Python.h in "c:/Python24/include"

You can configure the location of your python 
installation by setting:
PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version 
number (e.g.
                 "2.2", NOT "2.2.1")  - currently "2.4"

PYTHON_ROOT    - automatically configured from 
PYTHON_VERSION if not
                 otherwise set ; 
currently "c:/Python24"

The following are automatically configured from 
PYTHON_ROOT if not
otherwise set:

    PYTHON_LIB_PATH       - path to Python library 
object; currently
                            "c:/Python24/libs"
-------------------------------------------------------
--------------
Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU 
support disabled.
Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more 
information
(and if you don't know what ICU is then you probably 
don't need it).
...patience...
...patience...
...found 9007 targets...
...updating 1363 targets...
MkDir1 bin
spawn: Permission denied

C:\boost_1_33_1>

[René Rivera]

The usual cause for this is a limitation/bug of Windows. It has limits on how long string are in the PATH.