Re: [Boost-build] 2 Problems with bootstrap.bat

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] 2 Problems with bootstrap.bat
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-19 18:45:59

AMDG

On 03/19/2012 03:02 PM, Jim Sager wrote:
> I was able to make boost-build with mingw.
> However I am unable to make any libraries (asio) with it.
> 
> I downloaded from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/asio/files/asio/1.4.8%20%28Stable%29/
> 
> boost_asio_1_4_8.zip
> and
> asio-1.4.8.zip
> 
> I cannot seem to make the boost version.

The boost version is not standalone.
It's intended to be copied over older
Boost distributions.  The current release
of Boost includes Boost.Asio.

> And the asio version asks me for the location of my boost directory
> I type ./configure --with-boost=c:/boost-build
> But it still can't find my boost directory.
> 

Because this is Boost.Build, not Boost.

> 
> I've used asio in the past and I have some nice source code, but my computer crashed, and I cannot advance my source code as I can't get it to compile again.
> 

Download Boost from http://www.boost.org/users/download/

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe