Re: bjam and windows command line problem.

From: silvermangbs (silvermangbs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-03 17:36:57

 I have been unable to build threads on cygwin using gcc or
gcc-nocygwin. One thing I am puzzled by is that the tar file I
downloaded does not have make files in tools/build/jam_src as David says.

Greg Silverman

--- In Boost-Users_at_[hidden], "Fernando Cacciola"
<yg-boost-users_at_m...> wrote:
> 
> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_b...> wrote in message
> news:uelanm6jn.fsf_at_b...
> > "Fernando Cacciola" <yg-boost-users_at_m...> writes:
> >
> > > "David Abrahams" <dave_at_b...> wrote in message
> > > news:u7kgfqx6f.fsf_at_b...
> > > > "Fernando Cacciola" <yg-boost-users_at_m...> writes:
> > >
> > > Do you know if I require an updated version of cygwin, or is there a
> problem
> > > with the bjam executable?
> >
> > I don't know, but rebuilding bjam within cygwin is as easy as
> >
> >    make CC=gcc
> >
> > from within the tools/build/jam_src directory.
> >
> Good.
> John said it won't work for Win32 executables, but it seems that it will
> work for cygwin-based apps; I might find a use for that.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> --
> Fernando Cacciola