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

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Building libraries for gcc with cygwin
From: Jürgen Hunold (jhunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-18 06:04:03

Hi,

On Thursday, 18. October 2012 10:46:21 Paul A. Bristow wrote:
> But this is slightly worrying
> 
>     - gcc visibility           : no

Well, gcc-3.4 has no "visibility" support. But dllexport/import should work. 
The tricky part is to get this test to be executed if not targeting anything 
windowslike. Just ignore this.

> and this
> 
>     - g++ -shared-* supported  : yes

This test is from Boost.Locale which you have disabled. No library, no config 
test it needs. 

> But some libraries are building (though I fear that I need to upgrade from
> gcc 3.4.4 from other messages).

Well, I gave up on 3.x ages ago and start with 4.4 again. It is simply too 
old.

Yours,

Jürgen
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