[Boost-users] Re: compiling boost with mingw in winxp

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-06-20 19:02:34

> Alexis H. Rivera-Rios writes:
> 
>> I downloaded boost 1.31.0 and I'm using bjam version
>> 3.1.10.  I want to compile the code with Mingw by
>> doing the following:
>>
>> bjam -s"TOOLS=mingw" and I get the following message:
>>
>> C:\opt\boost_1_31_0>bjam -s"TOOLS=mingw" install
> 
> 
> Janusz Piwowarski wrote:
> 
>> There is something mysterious with these set: i have similar
>> configuration, and all works fine. What filesystem are you using (FAT,
>> FAT32 or NTFS?)
> 
> 
> I'm at a loss also, I just tried this:
> 
>     bjam -sTOOLS=mingw -sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=c:\MinGW
> 
> And it works fine. Although I'm using MinGW 2. I'll try with the latest 
> soon...

OK. Tried again with MinGW-3.1, and still no problems. Question; What is 
the location of your MinGW installation? And a request; Could you run 
bjam with the -d+2 option? Perhaps that will give me a clue as to what 
may be going on.

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