Re: [Boost-users] Compile 32 bits on 64 arch how-to ?

From: Boris Kolpackov (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-21 05:12:52

"david v" <danova_fr_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I would like to compile boost on 64 opteron arch but create the libraries in
> 32 bits mode (using -m32 cxxflags). The reason for that is that i have quite
> a lot libraries compiled in 32 that i can't port for the moment to 64.
> I'm not sure how to do that. I read about modifying user.hpp usung the
> configure script and that is what i did but it still doesn't seem to compile
> with the -m32 compiler flag.

I don't know anything about modifying user.hpp or configure scripts for
boost. I build filesystem and regex libraries from boost on a 64 bit
Debian box with this command:

$ bjam -sTOOLS=gcc -sGXX="g++ -m32"

hth,
-boris
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