Re: [Boost-build] cygwin - mingw confusion

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] cygwin - mingw confusion
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-28 01:42:00

On Monday 28 December 2009 03:11:46 Beman Dawes wrote:

> I've got separate cygwin and mingw installations of g++ on my machine.
> 
> user-config.jam includes these lines:
> 
> using gcc : 4.3 : g++-4 : <cxxflags>"-std=gnu++0x -Wl,--enable-auto-import" ;
> using gcc : 4.4 : c:/gcc/bin/g++ : <cxxflags>"-std=gnu++0x
> -Wl,--enable-auto-import" ;
> 
> If the second line is commented out, bjam --toolset=gcc-4.3 works as expected.
> 
> But if the second line is not commented out, bjam --toolset=gcc-4.3 thinks
> it isrunning under mingw. See below.
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature:-? 

It's a bug, but it's a bug that's being worked on at present, and I have half a patch.
Please allow a bit more time for it to be solved.

- Volodya