Re: [boost] [iostreams] problem with building library

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-02 11:09:14

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Alexey Bakhvalov wrote:
>> I am trying to build Boost RC1 and I have problem if I enable zlib
>> and bzip2 support for IOStreams library. I am using Boost.Build
>> system and I get the following error during the build process:
>>
>> unknown dependent target
>> <@boost!libs!iostreams!build>libboost_bzip2.lib
>>
>> The build is executed from Boost root directory using .bat-file of
>> the following contents:
>>
>> set NO_BZIP2=0
>> set NO_ZLIB=0

>> Am I doing something wrong or it's a problem of the build system?
>
> I'm not totally sure, but I think that you need to remove the "set
> NO_*" lines. The iostreams build seems to use the *_SOURCE, and
> *_INCLUDE as an indicator to include the compression filters.

Rene is correct. I get the same error as you if I define NO_BZIP2=0 and
NO_ZLIB=0, but everything works if I leave these variables undefined.

Maybe I should check for inconsistent values of these variables and issue a
warning.

Jonathan