Re: [Boost-build] MinGW GCC-2.95 and Boost-Build

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] MinGW GCC-2.95 and Boost-Build
From: Juergen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-11 11:33:05

Hi John,

On Tuesday 11 August 2009, John Dillan wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response!  That solution worked great!! 
> However, is there some way to specify these options on the command
> line or is the ideal solution to put this in a custom user-config.jam
> file and specify that file on the command line? 

No, just put all compilers in one (your) user-config.jam.

> I'm setting up a
> build system that compiles my project in multiple compilers and
> configurations (with gcc 2, 3, and 4), so having a method to
> automatically switch between them is crucial.

Well, I normallly have at least different gcc's installed ;-)))

> > 	using gcc : 2.0 : F:/Dependencies/mingw/gcc-2.95.3-8/bin/g++2 ;

bjam gcc-2.0 should work fine for this compile

if you add "using gcc : 4.0 : F/Dependencies/whatever"
you should be able to use it using "bjam gcc-4.0"

And, please, read the docs...

Yours,

Jürgen
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