Re: [Boost-build] Build 1.35 on cygwin failed

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-21 12:11:28

Mei, Longyu wrote:
> My cygwin is the latest and installed with default packages. My
> machine
> is windows xp.
>
> By looking at the log file, I found at least those two errors:
> 1. libs\serialization\src\basic_text_wiprimitive.cpp:14:2: #error
> "wide
> char i/o not supported on this platform"

Right, the wide character archive classes won't build, because as the 
message says Cygwin has no wide character support.

> 2. libs\iostreams\src\bzip2.cpp:19:56: bzlib.h: No such file or
> directory

If you want to use the bz functionality of the iostream library then you 
will need to install libbzip on your cygwin system.

HTH, John.