Re: [Boost-build] how to build - msvc 8.0 and stlport 5.3

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-04 04:40:14

Christian Holmquist wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've been searching a lot before finally posting here, so I'm happy with
> any information that could point me in the right direction.
> 
> I'm trying to build boost 1.34 with msvc 8.1 sp1, winxp pro and stlport
> 5.3.
> 
> boost_34_0\tools\build\v2\user-config.jam was modified like this
> 
> #  Configure, specifying locatioh of both headers and libraries
>   using stlport : : C:\download\STLport-5.1.3\stlport C:\download\STLport-
> 5.1.3\lib ;
> 
> from command line I'm building like this:
> 
> bjam --build-dir=c:\boost-build --stagedir=c:\boost-build  --with-thread
> --toolset=msvc-8.0 stage
> 
> The generated lib files misses 'p' in their filename, suggesting that they
> infact do not build with stlport.

Yes, you need stdlib=stlport

> I tried adding stdlib=stlport to the bjam command line, which changes the
> name of the boostlib files to include 'p', but this only leads to link
> error when trying to build my applications.

What link error?

- Volodya