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

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] 2 Problems with bootstrap.bat
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-21 19:22:08

On 03/20/2012 01:06 PM, Jim Sager wrote:
> Steven,
> 
> Thank you.  Asio now built with your help.  Maybe we should suggest documentation changes for Mingw install?
> 
> For mingw do the following:
> 
> Get to command line.
> Type path=%path%; (Then add your path to gcc typically C:/mingw/bin)
> 
> go to your boost directory, ie cd\boost_1_49_0
> type: Bootstrap gcc
> edit project-config.jam
> 
> and change the line that says
> using msvc ;
> to
> using gcc ;
> then go back to command line and type
> b2
> 

I'm going to try to improve this by using
the bootstrap toolset instead of hard-coding
msvc.  bootstrap.sh already works like this.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe