[Boost-build] Building mingw libs with Debian-to-mingw cross compiler?

From: Matt England (mengland_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-20 13:42:10

(I'm attempting to re-post this; it didn't seem to make it to the list the 
first post attempt I made on 3/10/06.  Did the moderator not accept this 
message?  This seems like a legitimate question, if not an aggressive 
attempt at cross-compiles. -Matt)

I'm attempting to build Boost 1.32.0 libraries using a Debian-sarge-based, 
mingw cross compiler (build mingw targets on a Debian system) by running 
bjam under Wine (<http://www.winehq.com/>).

Is this feasible?  Has anyone done it?  Any recommendations, tips, or 
suggestions?

FWIW, my project has been using embedded Boost libraries for several months 
now across 4 platforms, and we've build it on mingw before, but I now want 
to make the Debian system my official mingw compile system...and I want to 
re-build our boost libs there...and also build some new boost libs on 
Debian-mingw that my project didn't save from it's last build (or at least 
I can't find at the moment).

-Matt