Boost.Python can not find python on windows if path contains spaces

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#729 opened on Jul 7, 2021 1 comment 4 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: cpp, python
Domain: build-system, operating-systems

Research direction

Review the linked FixSpacesInPathIssue.patch.txt and the related vcpkg issue for context, then locate the Boost.Python discovery path in the build configuration. Reproduce the failure with Python installed under a path containing spaces and verify that system Python and NumPy are found afterward, including on Boost 1.75.0.

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Description

bug

This issue was mentioned here, when building boost.python with numpy.
Everything is ok if python is installed in path without spaces, and it does not find system python (and thereafter numpy) if spaces are present in the path. So attached file can be applied as patch (mb it is not the best fix, but still works, please have a look).

I faced this issue on boost version 1.75.0

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