Re: [Boost-users] [asio] Problems with Boost.System

From: Simon Pickles (sipickles_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-08 14:29:40

Hi, I had this problem recently.

I had to abandon the stage argument and just use:

bjam --toolset=msvc --with-system

or alternatively, just build the system part by running bjam in:

boost\libs\system\build

like this:

bjam --toolset=msvc threading=multi link=static

Good luck!

Simon

Damjan Miklic wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running into some problems when trying to build a simple Asio 
> program (the Timer2 tutorial) with MSVC 8.0. I have installed Boost 
> using the installer from Boost Consulting and copied the Asio headers to 
> the boost_1_34_1\boost directory. The program compiles (with three 
> warnings about deprecated unsafe functions in asio headers) but linking 
> fails with the error:
>
> fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
> 'libboost_system-vc80-mt-sgd-1_34_1.lib'
>
> I have tried building Boost.System with the command:
>
> bjam --with-system stage
>
> according to the instructions found on:
>
> http://asio.sourceforge.net/boost_asio_0_3_8/libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/using.html
>
> but i get the following error:
> error: wrong library name 'system' in the --with-<library> option.
>
> I have searched the Boost website and mailing list archives but couldn't 
> find any further information on building the System library.
>
> Any help in resolving this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Damjan Miklic
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