Re: [boost] passing compiler options

Subject: Re: [boost] passing compiler options
From: Lorenzo Bettini (bettini_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-18 18:37:45

Probably the problem is that it's still building a .dll, so I should try 
to come up with a static build only; I'll work on that...

cheers
        Lorenzo

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> 
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>> Hi Lorenzo,
>>>
>>>> after running bootstrap.sh, if I want to pass my compiler (in this case
>>>> cygwin), is it correct to modify project-config.jam and replace
>>>>
>>>> if ! gcc in [ feature.values <toolset> ]
>>>> {
>>>>      using gcc ;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> with
>>>>
>>>> using gcc : : : <compileflags>-DBOOST_WINDOWS_API
>>>> <compileflags>-mno-cygwin <linkflags>-mno-cygwin ;
>>>>
>>>> this way, am I sure that these compiler options will be passed to the
>>>> compiler?
>>> This should work, unless you have other 'using gcc' in different
>>> places.
>>>
>> that's strange: it keeps on building also cygboost_regex.dll, and when I
>> link to the generated library, and run the executable it keeps on
>> searching for cygboost_regex.dll.
> 
> Just to clarify -- is the problem in the naming? Or in something else?
> 
>> I need to use the built library with mingw, but I can only seem to
>> manage to compile boost regex with cygwin, that's why I tried passing
>> -mno-cygwin...
>>
>> any clue please?
> 
> 1. Use
> 
> 	bjam <other options> -n -a
> 
> to veryfy the above flags are indeed passed
> 
> 2. Use
> 
> 
> 	bjam <other options> target-os=windows
> 
> to use the naming of targets suitable for Windows. It appears that you
> have built bjam for cygwin, so it defaults to that operating system.
> 
> - Volodya
> 
> 
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