Re: bjam and windows command line problem.

From: silvermangbs (silvermangbs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-04 15:50:10

OK. But, now, do I need to run libs/config/configure to configure for
gcc-nocygwin? Would I need to set any environment variables or command
options to do that?

Thanks

Greg Silverman

--- In Boost-Users_at_[hidden], David Abrahams <dave_at_b...> wrote:
> "silvermangbs" <silvermangbs_at_y...> writes:
> 
> > I looked at the website. The only mention of building bjam for 
> > gcc-nocygwin is with using build.bat. 
> 
> You don't need to rebuild bjam for each toolset you want to use it
> with; you only need a new version for each *platform* you want to use
> it with [Rene, people keep making this mistake; would you mind
> updating the documentation to make this clear? -- thanks!].  Any
> compiler that works on that platform will do.
> 
> On windows, the Windows command-line and the Cygwin shell are
> essentially two separate platforms.  Note that gcc-nocygwin doesn't
> appear in the list of supported toolsets for building bjam under
> Cygwin, only for building bjam under Windows.
> 
> > So, I ran (from a cygwin command
> > line) 
> >
> > build.bat gcc-nocygwin
> >
> > and, it failed while trying to build fileunix.o, as follows:
> >
> > ###
> > ### Using 'gcc-nocygwin' toolset.
> > ###
> >
> > C:\cygwin\home\GregSilverman\boost\boost_1_30_0\tools\build\jam_src>rd
> > /S /Q bootstrap.gcc-nocygwin 
> >
> > C:\cygwin\home\GregSilverman\boost\boost_1_30_0\tools\build\jam_src>md
> > bootstrap.gcc-nocygwin 
> >
> >
C:\cygwin\home\GregSilverman\boost\boost_1_30_0\tools\build\jam_src>gcc
> > -mno-cygwin -o bootstrap.gcc-nocygwin\jam0.exe  command.c compile.c
> > execnt.c execunix.c execvms.c expand.c filent.c fileos2.c fileunix.c
> > filevms.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c
> > lists.c make.c make1.c newstr.c option.c parse.c pathunix.c pathvms.c
> > regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c
> > modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c 
> > fileunix.c:88:17: ar.h: No such file or directory
> > fileunix.c: In function `file_archscan':
> > fileunix.c:205: storage size of `ar_hdr' isn't known
> > fileunix.c:214: `SARMAG' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > fileunix.c:214: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > fileunix.c:214: for each function it appears in.)
> > fileunix.c:215: `ARMAG' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > fileunix.c:226: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
> > fileunix.c:226: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
> > fileunix.c:227: `ARFMAG' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > fileunix.c:252: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
> > fileunix.c:283: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
> >
> >
> > Is there some other way to build bjam for gcc-nocygwin? 
> 
> You don't build bjam *for* a toolset; you build it for a platform
> *with* a toolset.  If you want to build from Cygwin (with any
> supported toolset), you can just use the gcc toolset to build bjam.
> And don't use build.bat unless you want a Windows-hosted bjam.  If
> you really want to build from Cygwin, use build.sh.
> 
> -- 
> Dave Abrahams
> Boost Consulting
> www.boost-consulting.com