[boost] problem building libraries

From: Daniel Lidström (daniel.lidstrom_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-19 03:02:58

Hi,

I'm trying to build but I don't get .a files, only .lib. My output:
DANIELS_MONSTER:/home/danli97/programming/boost_1_28_0> bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
skipping Boost.Python library build
You can configure the location of your python installation, by setting:
PYTHON_ROOT    - currently "c:/tools/python"
PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version number (e.g.
                 "2.2", NOT "2.2.1")  - currently "2.1"

The following are automatically configured from PYTHON_ROOT if not
otherwise set:
    PYTHON_INCLUDES    - path to Python #include directories; currently
    PYTHON_LIB_PATH    - path to Python library; currently
                          "c:/tools/python/libs c:/tools/python/PCBuild"
    PYTHON_STDLIB_PATH - path to Python standard library modules; currently
                          "c:/tools/python/Lib"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
...found 384 targets...
...updating 3 targets...
File libs\regex\build\bin-stage\boost_regex_debug.lib
        1 file(s) copied.
gcc-Archive-action
libs\thread\build\bin\libboost_thread.lib\gcc\debug\runtime-link-static\thre
ading
-multi\libboost_thread.lib
gcc-Archive-action
libs\thread\build\bin\libboost_thread.lib\gcc\release\runtime-link-static\th
readi
ng-multi\libboost_thread.lib
...updated 3 targets...

This was after running the full build and deleting one file. Why am I
getting "libboost_thread.lib" and not "libboost_thread.a"? I have specified
gcc as the tool, so it should produce .a files.
/etc/profile:
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
Thanks!
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Daniel Lidström
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