[Boost-users] Problem building for VC-8

From: Bob Cowdery (Bob.Cowdery_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-15 10:30:26

Hi

I am trying to build the boost libraries on XP with the VC-8 compiler from the Express edition. I have downloaded boost-1-33-1 and bjam boost-jam-3.1.13-1-ntx86. I tried to follow the instructions at http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html. It's not clear to me if the msvc tools and the vc8 extension have to be installed or are part of bjam. I can't find a download for the tools though. Ignoring that, I simply ran up the hopefully correct environment by running "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Setup\SetEnvLaunchWinXP32Retail.Cmd" /XP32 /RETAIL and then vcvars32.bat. I also set VC80_ROOT to my VC8 directory.

Whatever I try I get the same result as below. It's trying to invoke VC7 which I don't have.

Any help appreciated.

Bob

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CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\bin\VCVARS32.BA
T" >nul
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\bin\cl" /Zm800 -nolo
go /EHsc -c   /Z7 /Od /Ob0 /EHsc /GR /MTd /Op /wd4675 /Zc:forScope /Zc:wchar_t -
I"bin\boost\libs\program_options\build" -I"C:\Downloads\Boost\boost_1_33_1"  -I"
C:\Downloads\Boost\boost_1_33_1"  -Fo"bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libbo
ost_program_options.lib\vc-7_1\debug\runtime-link-static\threading-multi\cmdline
.obj" -Tp"C:\Downloads\Boost\boost_1_33_1\libs\program_options\build\../src/cmdl
ine.cpp"

...failed vc-C++ bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libboost_program_options.l
ib\vc-7_1\debug\runtime-link-static\threading-multi\cmdline.obj...
vc-C++ bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libboost_program_options.lib\vc-7_1\
debug\runtime-link-static\threading-multi\config_file.obj
...interrupted
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