Re: [Boost-build] [Getting started] Building with Mingwin/Cygwin without cygwin?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-30 09:52:20

John Maddock wrote:

> In following up the attached message the cause appears to be a Boost.Build
> issue because specifying:
> 
> bjam --toolset=gcc-nocygwin
> 
> has no effect on the gcc command line, 

Should it? I'm not aware of this "-nocygwin" syntax,
so unless somebody else has implemented it, it does not work.

> At the same time there is no documented means of building with Mingw in
> the getting started guide: should there be?

Given that "mingw" toolset is basically "gcc built for windows", there's nothing
special that should be documented -- it's just the same gcc as everywhere.

- Volodya