[Boost-build] b2/bjam trying to use GCC 6.1.1 missing zlib1.dll

Subject: [Boost-build] b2/bjam trying to use GCC 6.1.1 missing zlib1.dll
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-08-08 14:14:53

I can run gcc 5.3.0 OK with this in my user-config.com

using gcc
   : # version
    5.3.0
   : # compiler exe location
    "C:\\Program Files\\mingw-w64\\x86_64-5.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v4-rev0\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe"
   : # options
  ;
  # b2 -a toolset=gcc-5.3.0 says 64-bit and x86 and compiles a simple 'hello_worldly' program OK.

I:\modular-boost\libs\quickdox\example>b2 -a toolset=gcc-5.3.0
Performing configuration checks

    - 32-bit                   : no  (cached)
    - 64-bit                   : yes (cached)
    - arm                      : no  (cached)
    - mips1                    : no  (cached)
    - power                    : no  (cached)
    - sparc                    : no  (cached)
    - x86                      : yes (cached)
    - symlinks supported       : yes
...found 19 targets...
...updating 7 targets...
common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-5.3.0
common.mkdir ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-5.3.0\debug
link.mklink ..\..\..\boost\quickdox\quick_auto_dox_index.hpp
symbolic link created for ..\..\..\boost\quickdox\quick_auto_dox_index.hpp <<===>>
..\..\libs\quickdox\include\boost\quickdox\quick_auto_dox_index.hpp
gcc.compile.c++ ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-5.3.0\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.o
gcc.link ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-5.3.0\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.exe
testing.capture-output
..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-5.3.0\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.run
        1 file(s) copied.
**passed** ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-5.3.0\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.test
...updated 7 targets...

and I also have gcc 6.1.1 installed (and working with Codeblocks IDE)

C:\Program Files\gcc-6-win64\bin>g++ -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=c:/program\ files/gcc-6-win64/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.1.1/lto-wrapper.exe
Target: x86_64-w64-mingw32
Configured with: /home/cauchy/vcs/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-6-branch/configure --prefix=/home/cauchy/native/gcc-6-win64
--with-sysroot=/home/cauchy/native/gcc-6-win64 --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
--target=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --disable-gcov-tool --disable-multilib --disable-nls --disable-win32-registry --enable-checking=release
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-fully-dynamic-string --with-arch=core2 --with-tune=generic
Thread model: win32
gcc version 6.1.1 20160609 (GCC)

but now I want to use with b2/bjam so I have added this to my user-config.jam

using gcc
   : # version
    6.1.1
   : # compiler exe location C:\Program Files\gcc-6-win64\bin\g++.exe
    "C:\\Program Files\\gcc-6-win64\\bin\\g++.exe"
   : # options
  ;
# Call with b2 -a toolset=gcc-6.1.1

and it fails missing zip1.dll

However this file is in the same \bin directory as g++.exe (and 

x86_64-w64-mingw32-c++.exe
x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
...

I also note that in the config info is it different as  says no for 32-bit, 64-bit and x86

I:\modular-boost\libs\quickdox\example>b2 -a toolset=gcc-6.1.1
Performing configuration checks

    - 32-bit                   : no  (cached)
    - 64-bit                   : no  (cached)
    - arm                      : no  (cached)
    - mips1                    : no  (cached)
    - power                    : no  (cached)
    - sparc                    : no  (cached)
    - x86                      : no  (cached)
    - combined                 : no  (cached)
    - symlinks supported       : yes (cached)
...found 23 targets...
...updating 5 targets...
link.mklink ..\..\..\boost\quickdox\quick_auto_dox_index.hpp
symbolic link created for ..\..\..\boost\quickdox\quick_auto_dox_index.hpp <<===>>
..\..\libs\quickdox\include\boost\quickdox\quick_auto_dox_index.hpp
gcc.compile.c++ ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.o

    "C:\Program Files\gcc-6-win64\bin\g++.exe"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -O0 -fno-inline -Wall -g -Wno-missing-braces
-Wno-unused-local-typedefs -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1  -I"..\..\.." -I"..\include" -c -o
"..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.o"
"quick_auto_dox_index.cpp"

...failed gcc.compile.c++
..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug\quick_auto_dox_index.o...
...skipped <p..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug>quick_auto_dox_index.exe for lack
of <p..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug>quick_auto_dox_index.o...
...skipped <p..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug>quick_auto_dox_index.run for lack
of <p..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\quickdox\example\quick_auto_dox_index.test\gcc-mingw-6.1.1\debug>quick_auto_dox_index.exe...
...failed updating 1 target...
...skipped 3 targets...
...updated 1 target...

What do I need to do differently for the GCC 6.1.1 compiler?

Thanks

Paul

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