I tried asking this yesterday, but received a message saying I had to subscribe to this list first. I don't understand that reply as I had already subscribed half an hour before I asked the question, and I have been receiving email from the list ever since.
So, I am going to try again (with the query updated to reflect my latest attempts).
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I am working on Windows 7 Pro, 64 bit.
I have two versions of MS VS: MS VS 2005 and MS VS 2010. I guess my first question is, "Will library files produced by MS VS 2005 work with MS VS 2010?" I know that library files compiled by compilers from different sources (gcc vs MSVC) won't work with each other (unless the library was written in C or FORTRAN), but does the same apply to different versions fo the same compiler? I have a long practice of passing my code through different compilers when part of the requirement is to produce portable code, since different compiler producers will have different strengths and weaknesses; different understandings of applicable standards. But a limited budget means I have to coerce them to live on the same hardware.
I used a prebuilt distribution of bjam for all my attempts to build the boost libraries using msvc++. I did not compile it myself.
I also have Cygwin installed.
From the C:\boost_1_45_0 directory, I tried the following to keep the builds for the two versions separate (planning on changing the library directories based on the build environment), but when both finished, both C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x64 and bjam --build-dir=C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x32 were empty and C:\boost_1_45_0\stage\lib had 606 items.
bjam --build-dir=C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x32 --build-type=complete
bjam --build-dir=C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x64 --build-type=complete
And if I execute bjam in status, I get a result that says something like 30 out of 30K tests failed. (Is that normal?)
So, what do I do when trying to support both MSVC++ 2005 and MSVC++ 2010?
Here are the results from my latest attempt using cygwin.
$ ../boost-jam-3.1.18/bin.cygwinx86/bjam --layout=versioned --build-type=complete
warning: No toolsets are configured.
warning: Configuring default toolset "gcc".
warning: If the default is wrong, your build may not work correctly.
warning: Use the "toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess.
warning: For more configuration options, please consult
warning: http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/configuration.html
Building the Boost C++ Libraries.
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/configure.jam:145: in builds-raw
*** argument error
* rule UPDATE_NOW ( targets * : log ? : ignore-minus-n ? )
* called with: ( <pbin.v2/libs/regex/build/gcc-4.3.4/debug>has_icu.exe : : ignore-minus-n : ignore-minus-q )
* extra argument ignore-minus-q
(builtin):see definition of rule 'UPDATE_NOW' being called
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/configure.jam:179: in configure.builds
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/configure.jam:216: in object(check-target-builds-worker)@394.check
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:103: in modules.call-in
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/util/indirect.jam:96: in indirect.call
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1012: in targets.evaluate-requirements
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1393: in basic-target.compute-usage-requirements
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/alias.jam:47: in compute-usage-requirements
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1319: in object(alias-target-class)@398.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:732: in generate-really
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:704: in object(main-target)@836.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:848: in targets.generate-from-reference
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1217: in generate-dependencies
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1268: in object(typed-target)@401.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:732: in generate-really
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:704: in object(main-target)@837.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:848: in targets.generate-from-reference
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1217: in generate-dependencies
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1266: in object(typed-target)@147.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:732: in generate-really
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:704: in object(main-target)@818.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:258: in object(project-target)@129.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:848: in targets.generate-from-reference
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1217: in generate-dependencies
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1268: in object(install-target-class)@63.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:732: in generate-really
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:704: in object(main-target)@629.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:848: in targets.generate-from-reference
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1217: in generate-dependencies
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1268: in alias-target-class.generate
Jamroot:648: in build-multiple
Jamroot:634: in object(top-level-target)@72.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:732: in generate-really
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:704: in object(main-target)@633.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:848: in targets.generate-from-reference
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1217: in generate-dependencies
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:1268: in alias-target-class.generate
Jamroot:648: in build-multiple
Jamroot:634: in object(top-level-target)@73.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:732: in generate-really
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:704: in object(main-target)@634.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build/targets.jam:258: in object(project-target)@16.generate
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:735: in load
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in import
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:142: in boost-build
/home/Ted/boost_1_45_0/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope
And nothing was built.
So, what do I have to do to pursuade bjam to produce all of the library files in cygwin?
Thanks
Ted