We have a large Windows application that I am trying to port to Linux. Our group has decided to check out Boost the boost libraries for this port. I have downloaded and expanded the Boost .tar file (boost_1_52_0) and am following the
instructions listed on the Boost “Getting Started on Unix variants” page. My OS is a virtual machine running Red hat Linux 3.2.2-5. This is the linux version our customer has.
I have successfully executed ./bootstrap.sh to set up prefixes and specified “—with-libraries” for the thread library. When I run “./b2 install” all compiles are failing with the error “cclplus: unrecognized option ‘-Wextra’ “
I would like to try compiling with this option set to “-W” instead of –Wextra but I have been unable to find the Boost file that lists the compiler options. I’ve googled and seen mention of a boost/status/compiler.cfg file but that file
does not exist in the boost/status directory that was unpacked today. I tried running a “find” command from the boost_1_52_0 directory and came up empty.
Can someone tell me where the compiler options are declared so I can alter them? Any suggestions you have are greatly appreciated.
Thanks - Lynn