Re: [Boost-build] possible bug when cross compiling linux->windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] possible bug when cross compiling linux->windows
From: Bo Jensen (jensen.bo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-01 01:45:27

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> AMDG
>
> Moritz Hassert wrote:
>>
>> It seems like the toolset flavor 'mingw' that is auto detected for the
>> cross compiler is somehow applied to all toolset versions, not only the
>> actual mingw.
>>
>
> Yep.  I've hacked my working copy to allow mixing of
> mingw and cygwin.  This doesn't work perfectly as
> I also had to put
>
> using gcc : 4.4.1 : "C:/MinGW/bin/g++" ;
> toolset.add-requirements
> <toolset-gcc:version>4.4.1:<toolset-gcc:flavor>mingw ;
>
> in user-config.jam
>
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe
>
>
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Ok, I have a comment not completely build system related.
I would actually like to cross compile my project also, but I ran into
a lot issues with mingw wchar support, which I think is broken. How do
you deal with this, if you use wchar at all ?