[Scons-dev] [Fwd: [Scons-users] [patch] SCons fails to run in standalone mode]

[Russel Winder]

Switching this to the Dev list. Has anyone fixed this bootstrap.py issue
already?

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> From: H. S. Teoh <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx>

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> Subject: [Scons-users] [patch] SCons fails to run in standalone mode

> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 08:02:17 -0700

> 

> This was originally posted to the D mailing list, but reposting here

> upon Russel's suggestion.

> 

> I used to be able to run SCons directly by invoking

> /path/to/bootstrap.py, but the latest version of SCons fails to find the

> appropriate files and aborts upon startup. Upon closer inspection, I

> found that it was making a wrong assumption about the path to said files

> (it assumes cwd = SCons root when it's still in the user's cwd).

> 

> The attached patch fixes this problem for me.

> 

> Hope this helps. Thanks!

> 

> 

> T

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diff -r f57afb0b72f5 bootstrap.py
--- a/bootstrap.py	Wed May 15 12:50:05 2013 +0100
+++ b/bootstrap.py	Sat Jun 29 10:13:45 2013 -0700
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     
     
     scons_py = os.path.join('src', 'script', 'scons.py')
-    src_engine = os.path.join('src', 'engine')
+    src_engine = os.path.join(script_dir, 'src', 'engine')
     MANIFEST_in = find(os.path.join(src_engine, 'MANIFEST.in'))
     
     files = [ scons_py ] + [os.path.join(src_engine, x)
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