Re: [Boost-build] Building Boost with MinGW

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Building Boost with MinGW
From: Peter Rockett (p.rockett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-12 12:13:05

  On 12/07/10 16:08, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> AMDG
>
> Peter Rockett wrote:
>>  Newbie question: I am trying build Boost with MinGW using bjam from 
>> inside MSys, the Bash-like interface supplied with MinGW.
>>
>> When I invoke bjam with the "--toolset=mingw" option (as detailed in 
>> Table A.1 of the Boost.Build docs), I get a set of error messages 
>> like "mingw.jam: No such file of directory" and "rule mingw.init 
>> unknown in module toolset", all of which imply that "mingw" is not a 
>> valid option.
>>
>> How do I build Boost with MinGW?
>
> Use toolset=gcc.
>
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe

Steven - is that a definitive instruction or give-this-a-try advice?

I have tried gcc but I am not sure it works. The math lib names end-up 
decorated with "c99" - MinGW does not conform to c99. MinGW is not 
actually gcc - it doesn't use glibc.

Actually, I am trying to build a library (libDAI) which uses Boost. 
libDAI builds 'out-of-the-box' on Linux but with MinGW, the build fails 
with an obscure problem. My first suspicion is an issue with my 
MinGW-built Boost libs. (Could be an issue with libDAI/MinGW, I accept. 
But I'd like to be clear that's my problem, not something with the Boost 
libs.)

I have also tried toolset=gcc-no-cygwin (which passes the -no-cygwin 
flag to gcc thereby invoking the mingw interface). This seems to produce 
warnings about c89 not supporting long doubles (which I'd expect with 
MinGW) but the libDAI build still breaks.

Regardless, what has happened to the toolset=mingw option?

Peter