Re: [boost] RE building boost (regex) in mingw

Subject: Re: [boost] RE building boost (regex) in mingw
From: frederic.bron_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-12-17 00:09:37

boost-bounces_at_[hidden] a écrit sur 16/12/2008 22:42:16 :

> frederic.bron_at_[hidden] wrote:
> >
> > boost-bounces_at_[hidden] a écrit sur 15/12/2008 23:39:01 :
> >
> >> frederic.bron_at_[hidden] wrote:
> >>> I have no problem building regex with mingw provided by cygwin
> >> (g++ with option -mno-cygwin). If you are interested this way, I can help.
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >> Actually, I already have cygwin (and always used boost with that without
> >> any problem); so I should build boost regex for mingw using cygwin?
> >>
> >> any help is more than welcome :-)
> >
> > OK, this what I do to build 1.37.0 for win32 from cygwin:
> >
> > $ ./configure --with-libraries=regex --prefix=/cygdrive/d/Softs/boost_msw
> > This builds bjam and write a default user-config.jam and Makefile
> that you have to change like this:
> >
> > BJAM_CONFIG=-d2 -j2 -sNO_BZIP2=1 -sNO_ZLIB=1 link=static
> threading=multi runtime-link=shared threadapi=win32 --layout=system
> > LIBS=--with-regex release
> >
> > in user-config.jam replace "using gcc ;" by: "using gcc : : :
> <compileflags>-DBOOST_WINDOWS_API <compileflags>-mno-cygwin
> <linkflags>-mno-cygwin ;"
> >
> > You can then build boost with
> > $ make install >& install.log
> >
> >
> > This will build regex and install the headers. Headers and .a will
> be in /cygdrive/d/Softs/boost_msw which you can adapt to your needs.
> >
> > I you also want dynamic labraries, you can just remove link=static (?).
>
> mhh...  the compilation and installation seemed to work fine... but I
> can't seem to use it from the msys shell: it does not see any header,
> and it keeps on seeing as /usr just / ...  probably msys installation is
> messed up with mingw?  I have no past experience with mingw (and when I
> port programs on windows I've always used cygwin)...

What does not work? I do the compilation like this for a collegue who then compile using CodeBlocks+included mingw so I think building boost from cygwin and using it with mingw works. Did you give all
paths (windows paths) to mingw?

Frédéric Bron

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