Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.34 and VC++ x64

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-15 12:25:43

Sebastian Pfützner wrote:

> Juergen Hunold schrieb:
>> Could you please post your command line ? Maybe your build is picking up
>> the 32bit version...
>> Those errors are impossible to debug without the _exact_ command lines
>> executed (and response files on windows ...)
> 
> Hello Juergen,
> 
> thanks for your reply. I use the following command line to build the
> boost libraries:
> 
> bjam --toolset=msvc --address-model=64 stage

There's no such option "--address-model", please use:

        bjam --toolset=msvc address-model=64 stage

Incidentally, you're a second person that's confused, 
I've raised issue on boost-build list about that.

> The resulting dlls in the stage\lib directory are 32-bit. They have the
> same size as the dlls built without the address-model parameter. And the
> dependency walker shows direct references to dlls inside the
> windows\syswow64 directory which is the system directory for the 32-bit
> dlls. (btw. 64-bit dlls resides in the system32 directory, that's the
> special kind of logic used by microsoft ;)
> 
> I really need 64-bit boost libraries. If there is no official way, i
> have to build my own visual studio projects...

Try the above and let me know if that work.

- Volodya