Re: [Boost-build] Works fine on Windows, but boost 1.4.4 has lots of build failures on Linux, help needed urgently

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Works fine on Windows, but boost 1.4.4 has lots of build failures on Linux, help needed urgently
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-12 03:06:38

Eric Niebler wrote:

> On 11/11/2010 3:59 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 23:18:17 Ling Wang wrote:
>>> We are moving
>>> into Linux grid computing nodes and it is a shock to find out there are so
>>> many problems on Linux while it has been working fine on Windows.
>> 
>> Presumably, because on Windows those libraries are just not built by default.
> 
> Why are there different defaults between the Windows and Linux build?

Because on Windows, those libraries are not present by default. As for why
Windows does not have apt-get, I have no idea ;-)

- Volodya