Re: [Boost-users] Cygwin compilation problem

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-22 16:49:57

Kent Holsinger wrote:

> I've used various earlier versions of Boost with Cygwin in the past, and
> I am finally getting around to trying version 1.34.1. Unfortunately, I
> can't get it to build. Here's the string of error messages I get when I
> try:
> 
> *****
> Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled.
> Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information
> (don't panic: this is a strictly optional feature).
> /c/development/boost_1_34_1/tools/build/v2/tools/stage.jam:424: in
> object(installed-shared-lib-generator)@4.run
> *** argument error
> * rule virtual-target.register ( target )
> * called with: ( object(file-target)@1391 object(file-target)@1392 )
> * extra argument object(file-target)@1392

Please see http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1062
for a patch that fixes this problem.

The patch was not included in 1.34.1, unfortunately.

- Volodya