[Boost-users] building boost under mingw: bjam invokes VC7??

From: Brewer, Christopher (cbrewer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-12 17:34:16

Hello, all-

I recently attempted to build and install boost 1.31.0 using msys (i.e.,
mingw).
I enter the boost directory and start bjam with:

    bjam -sTOOL=mingw install

...and then I see bjam invoking vc7 instead of gcc. For example:

    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\bin\cl" ...
followed by many, many errors, as VC7 is not installed on my system.

I don't understand why bjam thinks it should be using VC7.
Can anyone offer any advice or a workaround?

I'm using the latest version of both msys and mingw under Windows 2000, and
mingw is installed *under* msys, if that makes a difference.

Regards,
Chris Brewer

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