[Boost-users] Re: boost and STLport using VC++ 7.1

From: Bart (bartmann.nsd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-31 12:08:47

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:48:49 +1200, Oleg Smolsky wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to build boost using VC++ 7.1 against STLport 5.0 rc2. The
> very first library that is built is boost_date_time.dll and the compiler
> chokes on greg_month.cpp. The full bjam output is at the end of the
> message.
> 
> Some background info, that may be useful: - I can successfully build
> boost without STLport using this this
>   command:
>   bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" "-sBUILD=debug release <runtime-link>dynamic
>   <threading>multi" --prefix=..\boost --builddir=..\boost-obj install
> - when using STLport I build using:
>   bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1-stlport" "-sSTLPORT_PATH=..\STLport\stlport"
>   "-sBUILD=debug release <runtime-link>dynamic <threading>multi"
>   --prefix=..\boost --builddir=..\boost-obj install
> - if I let the building process continue, it builds about 60% of all
>   libraries
> - I need to use STLport5 because it supports VC++ 7.1 out of the box -
> I've tried building CVS/HEAD version of boost as well as the latest
>   released version 1.32
> 
> So, has anybody tried building this combination?
> 
> 

Did you build stlport with wchar_t support?

When working with stlport-4.6.2 I had to build it with wchar_t support
before I could build date_time with vc-7.1/stlport.

I did this by adding /Zc:wchar_t to the vc71.mak file.

Bart