heres what i do to build mingW since i am using dev-cpp compiler.

step 1: edit user-config.jam  (this will tell where the compiler is).

gcc : : "C:/Dev-Cpp/bin/gcc"

step 2: erase the "install" ... its more like bjam "--toolset=gcc" "--build-dir=C:\install-boost"

and thats it....
On 5/18/07, Ken Klose <ken.klose@future-skies.com> wrote:
PS.  I've tried the Jamfile.v2.diff that Vladimir Prus attached to a post
entitled "Re: [1.34.0] building on cygwin fails out of the box".

"Ken Klose" < ken.klose@future-skies.com> wrote in message
news:f2k8pk$ohp$1@sea.gmane.org...
> When I built boost 1.33.1 with GCC 3.4.5 on WinXP I got 274 files in the
> \boost\lib directory consisting of both DLLs and .lib files.  When I built
> boost 1.34 (following the new getting started directions) I only got 154
> files in \boost\lib none were DLL or LIB, they were all .a files.
>
> Interestingly when the 1.34.0 build starts I get "Unable to construct
> ./install-unversioned" messages that I don't get in the 1.33.1 build:
> ...found 1 target...
>
> C:\src\c++\boost_1_34_0>bjam --toolset=gcc --prefix=C:\Boost1.34.0 install
> Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled.
> Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information
> (don't panic: this is a strictly optional feature).
> warning: Unable to construct ./install-unversioned
> warning: Unable to construct ./install-unversioned
> warning: Unable to construct ./install-unversioned
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ken



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