Re: [Boost-build] [wince] Boost on wince for dumm

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [wince] Boost on wince for dumm
From: Andy Schweitzer (a.schweitzer.grps_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-18 08:14:46

David Deakins wrote:
> Andy Schweitzer wrote:
> 
> You are correct that Windows CE does not supply the strerror function in 
> its scaled down C runtime libraries.  To remedy this situation, we have 
> actually written basic implementations of a handful of the missing CRT 
> functions (including strerror) and added them to our local STLport 5.2.1 
> libraries.  At some point, I intend to propose these for formal 
> inclusion into STLport, but I haven't had time so far.
> 
> 

Got it.

> 
> Even with our CRT adjustments, some Boost libraries require special 
> changes to deal with ideosyncracies of the Windows CE OS (like the lack 
> of a current filesystem directory).  In some cases, we have implemented 
> these changes (typically for libraries we use on WinCE here) but for 
> other libraries we have not yet assessed what is necessary to make the 
> library function correctly on WinCE.
> 

Ok, that makes more sense, thanks.