Re: [Boost-build] iostream library not built on Windows

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-31 13:12:35

Nicola Musatti wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost <at> cs.msu.su> writes:
>> Nicola Musatti wrote:
>>
>>> I just noticed that the Iostream library isn't built on Windows with
>>> either VC++ 8.0 Express or Borland BCB 2006. Is this intentional? I can't
>>> say for sure when this stopped working, but the library was built by
>>> Boost.Build v1.
> [...]
>> Did you obtain sources for zlib and bzlib, unpacked them,
>> and set environment variables to specify their location
>> per iostream lib docs?
> 
> No. By default on Windows the library used to be built without support for
> compression and this is still what the documentation says.

I fear this sounds blunter than I meant it to be. I just wanted to 
report what appears to be a change in behaviour with respect to BBv1.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti