Re: bjam and windows command line problem.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-04 10:35:04

"silvermangbs" <silvermangbs_at_[hidden]> writes:

>  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.

Things have changed since 18 Oct 2002, when I wrote that.
The instructions for rebuilding bjam are at:

http://www.boost.org/tools/build/jam_src/index.html#installing

If you're going to invoke it from within cygwin, you want the "Unix
type platform" instructions.
 
> 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
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