Re: [Boost-Users] newbie build question (threads and win32)

From: William E. Kempf (wekempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-27 10:11:44

Dave Viner said:
> Hi,
>   I'm trying to use Boost's threads on WIN32 using VC++ and having
> some difficulty.
>
> I've built the source
>     cd D:\boost\boost_1_30_0; bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc"
> and after the build is done, there are some errors, but they all
> appear related to the regression testing.  Then I
>     cd libs\thread\build; bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc"
> and everything appears to work fine.  However, my simple program
> can't compile.  I get this error:
> d:\boost\boost_1_30_0\boost\thread\thread.hpp(17) : fatal error
> C1189: #error :    Thread support is unavailable!
>
> My test program simply is:
> #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> 	printf("Hello World!\n");
> 	return 0;
> }
>
>
> I can't seem to figure out why threads aren't enabled.  I realize  this
> is a very simple question, but I'd love to hear what silly thing  I've
> done wrong.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Nothing wrong with your code, you're just using the wrong compiler
options.  Make sure you compile against a MT RTL (/M* family of switches).

-- 
William E. Kempf