Re: [Boost-users] Building 64-bit Boost Libraries on Windows

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-29 10:45:47

Trueman, Christopher wrote:

> I'm continuing to have trouble compiling 64-bit versions of the Boost
> libraries on Windows using VS2008.  I've used a number of the tips
> posted online

Well, there are official docs at:

        http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/reference/tools.html#bbv2.reference.tools.compiler.msvc

> including: 
> 
> bjam --toolset=msvc-9.0 address-space=64
> 
> but watching the Task Manager I see that it always launches the 32-bit
> version of the compiler.

That's a contrived way. What compile command lines are produced
when adding '-n' option to bjam?

What output do you get if you add --debug-configuration bjam option?

- Volodya