Re: [Boost-users] cannot build the regex example in visual c++ 2008

From: chris briscoe (chris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-04 10:05:51

Hi,
thanks very much for responding.
I have followed your instructions but so far can't get it to work.

running bjam as below gives a message:
msvc:9.0:C:/microsoft..../bin/cl.exe.jam: Invalid argument
and :
rule msvc:9.0:c:/micro..../cl.exe.init unknown in module toolset
then appears to drop through with a number of  in (various modules) 
messages.

Would greatly appreciate your  help.

Thanks

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Maddock" <john_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] cannot build the regex example in visual c++ 2008

> chris briscoe wrote:
>> Hello- absolute beginner here.
>> I have the latest (November version) of visual studio c++ 2008
>> express.
>>
>> The header only version compiled fine. However the regex example
>> fails with many unresolved external symbols.
>>
>> Do I need to build the libraries for this compiler? Or am I making
>> some other booboo.
>
> Yes you need to build the libraries for this compiler: see
> http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html
>
> There aren't any pre-built binaries for VC2008 yet, but you should be able
> to build from source OK.  Also note that since VC2008 wasn't available 
> when
> Boost-1.34 was released, you will need to modify your user-config.jam to
> tell bjam where to look for it, basically:
>
> copy boost-root/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam to %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% or
> %HOME% (echo these from the command prompt to check where these locations
> are),
>
> and then add the line:
>
> using msvc : 9.0 : "c:/program files/microsoft visual studio
> 9.0/vc/bin/cl.exe" ;
>
> adjusting the path as necessary, then you should be able to build from
> Boost's root directory with:
>
> bjam --with-regex stage msvc-9.0
>
> Afterwards make sure the binaries are in your project's 
> library-search-path
> and hopefully everything should just work :-)
>
> HTH, John.
>
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