Re: bjam and windows command line problem.

From: silvermangbs (silvermangbs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-03 18:37:02

BTW: Does *anyone* build all of boost under Cygwin with "gcc
-mno-cygwin"? I have so much trouble with this that I think I must be
the only one trying to do it.

Greg Silverman

--- In Boost-Users_at_[hidden], "silvermangbs" <silvermangbs_at_y...>
wrote:
>  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