Re: [Boost-build] Building libraries for gcc with cygwin

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Building libraries for gcc with cygwin
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-16 17:05:54

AMDG

On 10/16/2012 10:18 AM, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
> I have gcc at C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
>  
> and g++ C:\cygwin\bin\g++.exe
>  
> (using NetBeans to compile things OK, but now I need the Boost libraries like Boost.Test)
>  
> I have boost-trunk at my I: partition, and have built the MSVC libraries OK.
>  
> cd /cygdrive/i/boost-trunk
>  
> and doing a b2 thus
>  
> b2 -a --build-dir=/cygdrive/i/boost-trunk toolset=gcc --build-type=complete --without-python
> --without-mpi stage threading=multi > build_gcc_dll_libs_trunk_16Oct12.log 2>&1
>  
> Should I be concerned that gcc visibility says no.
>  

I don't think so.

>     - g++ -shared-* supported  : yes
>     - gcc visibility           : no
>  
> But clearly something is going horribly wrong from the rest of the messages L  (Full log attached)
>  

I think I've seen this reported before.  IIRC, the
culprit is Boost.Locale.  Does it work with --without-locale?

> error: added properties: none
> error: removed properties: <linkflags>-shared-libgcc <linkflags>-shared-libstdc++

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe