Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Threads - build failure using gcc on Win XP

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-14 16:31:41

"Mat Marcus" <mat-lists_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Anthony Williams
> <anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> "Mat Marcus" <mat-lists_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> > 1) Why doesn't the build system choose the threadapi=pthread by
>> > default in my configuration? (The default seems to be win32)
>>
>> Because you're using msvc bjam to build using cygwin gcc. Apparently this
>> build option is broken.
>
> This begins to sound like the boost-build options and the header file
> configuration detection options are out of sync, as Steven suggested.

OK, one more thing to try: can you set <target-os>cygwin in your
user-config.jam gcc setup?

using gcc : 4.2.0 : : <target-os>cygwin ;

The boost thread jamfile uses <target-os> to work out whether it's building
for cygwin or native win32. It appears that <target-os> is not set correctly
for you (which probably ought to be done in gcc.jam or somewhere like that),
so explicitly setting it might work.

Anthony
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