[Boost-users] Failure to compile the Boost library on Win XP with MinGW

From: Colin Smith (smithco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-02 08:15:23

Hi,

I'm running into some large frustrations with trying to compile the Boost
library on WinXP using MinGW 3.4.2 (I would like to compile it so that I can
use the project_options).   I can't get the library to compile and I'm
finding that the opaqueness of the error messages and the lack of
troubleshooting documentation are very well effectively preventing me from
making progress.  Either this gets resolved quickly, or I'll have to drop
Boost from my project and implement the functionality I need with other
libraries or by hand.

It seems that every compilation rule inexplicably fails when I run the jam
script.   I'm using the command "bjam -sTOOLS=mingw install".  All the
compiling rules fail and then the header files get copied.  A sample of the
failure messages are below.  Unfortunately, the error messages do not give
me any useful clues as to what is going wrong.  I've also tried the command
"bjam -sTOOLS=mingw stage" and received equally unimpressive results.

Any help on this would be very much appreciated.

    -- Colin

gcc-C++-action bin\boost\libs\date_time\build
\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\gr
eg_month.obj
g++: no input files

    "c:\MinGW\bin\g++"  -c -Wall -ftemplate-depth-255
-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 -D
USE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO -g -O0 -fno-inline -mno-cygwin
-I"bin\boost\lib
s\date_time\build" -I "c:\MinGW\include\" -I "C:\boost_1_33_1" -o
"bin\boost\lib
s\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\greg_month.obj"
"C:\boost_1_33
_1\libs\date_time\build\../src/gregorian/greg_month.cpp"

...failed gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\ming
w\debug\greg_month.obj...
gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\gr
eg_weekday.obj
g++: no input files

    "c:\MinGW\bin\g++"  -c -Wall -ftemplate-depth-255
-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 -D
USE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO -g -O0 -fno-inline -mno-cygwin
-I"bin\boost\lib
s\date_time\build" -I "c:\MinGW\include\" -I "C:\boost_1_33_1" -o
"bin\boost\lib
s\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\greg_weekday.obj"
"C:\boost_1_
33_1\libs\date_time\build\../src/gregorian/greg_weekday.cpp"

...failed gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\ming
w\debug\greg_weekday.obj...
gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\da
te_generators.obj
g++: no input files

    "c:\MinGW\bin\g++"  -c -Wall -ftemplate-depth-255
-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 -D
USE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO -g -O0 -fno-inline -mno-cygwin
-I"bin\boost\lib
s\date_time\build" -I "c:\MinGW\include\" -I "C:\boost_1_33_1" -o
"bin\boost\lib
s\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\date_generators.obj"
"C:\boost
_1_33_1\libs\date_time\build\../src/gregorian/date_generators.cpp"

...failed gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\ming
w\debug\date_generators.obj...
...skipped
<@boost!libs!date_time!build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug>boost_da
te_time-mgw-d-1_33_1.dll for lack of
<@boost!libs!date_time!build\boost_date_tim
e.dll\mingw\debug >greg_month.obj...
...skipped
<@boost!libs!date_time!build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug>boost_da
te_time-mgw-d-1_33_1.lib for lack of
<@boost!libs!date_time!build\boost_date_tim
e.dll\mingw\debug>greg_month.obj...
...skipped <@boost!lib>boost_date_time-mgw-d-1_33_1.dll for lack of
<@boost!libs
!date_time!build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug>boost_date_time-mgw-d-1_33_1.dl
l...
...skipped <@boost!lib>boost_date_time-mgw-d-1_33_1.lib for lack of
<@boost!libs
!date_time!build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug>boost_date_time-mgw-d-1_33_1.li
b...
gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\th
reading-multi\greg_month.obj
g++: no input files

    "c:\MinGW\bin\g++"  -c -Wall -ftemplate-depth-255
-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 -D
USE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO -g -O0 -fno-inline -mthreads -mno-cygwin
-I"bin
\boost\libs\date_time\build" -I "c:\MinGW\include\" -I "C:\boost_1_33_1" -o
"bin
\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\threading-multi\greg
_month.obj"
"C:\boost_1_33_1\libs\date_time\build\../src/gregorian/greg_month.cp
p"

...failed gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\ming
w\debug\threading-multi\greg_month.obj...
gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\th
reading-multi\greg_weekday.obj
g++: no input files

    "c:\MinGW\bin\g++"  -c -Wall -ftemplate-depth-255
-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK=1 -D
USE_DATE_TIME_PRE_1_33_FACET_IO -g -O0 -fno-inline -mthreads -mno-cygwin
-I"bin
\boost\libs\date_time\build" -I "c:\MinGW\include\" -I "C:\boost_1_33_1" -o
"bin
\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\threading-multi\greg

_weekday.obj"
"C:\boost_1_33_1\libs\date_time\build\../src/gregorian/greg_weekda
y.cpp"

...failed gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\ming
w\debug\threading-multi\greg_weekday.obj...
gcc-C++-action
bin\boost\libs\date_time\build\boost_date_time.dll\mingw\debug\th
reading-multi\date_generators.obj
g++: no input files

-- 
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   Colin Smith
   smithco_at_[hidden]
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