[Boost-users] Problems: Building Boost with VC7 and STLport 4.6.2

From: Hao Song (baritono_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-14 10:33:20

Hi,
    I tried to build Boost with VC7 and STLport 4.6.2, but failed to
compile some source files of Boost.date_time. Error messages are like:

vc-C++
E:\CppLibs\boost_1_33_0\temp\bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\vc7-stlport\release\threading-multi\greg_month.obj
greg_month.cpp
   E:\CppLibs\STLport-4.6.2\stlport\stl\_iterator_base.h(98) : error C2825:
¡°_Iterator::iterator_category¡±£ºcan not form a qualified name
    E:\CppLibs\boost_1_33_0\boost\date_time\date_parsing.hpp(270) : see
reference to class template instantiation '_STL::iterator_traits<_Iterator>'
being compiled
        with
        [
            _Iterator=_STL::basic_string<char,_STL::char_traits<char>,_STL::allocator<char>>::iterator
        ]
        E:\CppLibs\boost_1_33_0\boost\date_time\gregorian\parsers.hpp(79) :
see reference to function template instantiation
'boost::date_time::period<point_rep,duration_rep>
boost::date_time::from_simple_string_type<boost::gregorian::date,char>(const
_STL::basic_string<_CharT,_Traits,_Alloc> &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            point_rep=boost::gregorian::date,
            duration_rep=boost::gregorian::date_duration,
            _CharT=char,
            _Traits=_STL::char_traits<char>,
            _Alloc=_STL::allocator<char>
        ]
E:\CppLibs\STLport-4.6.2\stlport\stl\_iterator_base.h(98) : error C2039:
'iterator_category' : is not a member of 'operator "global namespace" '

And bjam failed to build DLLs

vc-Link
E:\CppLibs\boost_1_33_0\temp\bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\vc7-stlport\debug\threading-multi\boost_date_time-vc7-mt-gdp-1_33.dll
E:\CppLibs\boost_1_33_0\temp\bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\vc7-stlport\debug\threading-multi\boost_date_time-vc7-mt-gdp-1_33.lib
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file¡°stlport_vc6_stldebug.lib¡± 

It seems that auto-linking doesn't function properly. but I can't see why.
any idea about these? Thanks in advance!