Re: [Boost-build] Boost build in Cygwin 1_36_0 vs 1_38_0 msvc dll build wierdness

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Boost build in Cygwin 1_36_0 vs 1_38_0 msvc dll build wierdness
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-27 11:52:25

AMDG

Brian Davis wrote:
> I am using just about the latest version of Cygwin.  I have used it it the
> past to build in Windows for gcc and msvc sucessfully as it allows me to do
> both simutanesously for all versions of compilers installed.  Cygwin has
> provided a good platform for me to test these compilers in the past.  I have
> downloaded and began using 1.38.0 and have come accross some wierndess in
> the builds of dlls between these versions where 1.36.0 works as expected and
> 1.38.0 is ... broken.
>
> <snip>
> bjam -d+2 toolset=msvc
> <snip>
>
> Notice the glut32.so....?  What is this?  Why is a msvc build now creating a
> .so?
>   

Does it work with toolset=msvc target-os=windows?
I believe that this has been fixed in the trunk:
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/51241

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe