Re: [Boost-build] b2 headers on windows XP

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] b2 headers on windows XP
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-25 13:43:52

AMDG

On 03/25/2016 11:20 AM, Robert Ramey wrote:
> 
> a) My first attempt was under cygwin <snip>
> 
> Using the windows command shell, I invoke
> 
> .\b2 headers
> 
> And I get  a whole raft of errors like this:
> 
> ...failed link.mklink boost\graph\adjacency_list.hpp
> ...interupted
> link.mklink boost\graph\adjacency_list.hpp
> 'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> ... failed updating 165 targets.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?
> 

You see this near the top of the output right?

  - symlinks supported : yes (cached)

That's left over from the cygwin build.  (cygwin
has symlinks that windows doesn't recognize)
Try b2 -a --reconfigure headers

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe