Re: [Boost-users] RE Can i build boost under cygwin?

From: Steven Woody (narkewoody_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-08 21:59:06

On Jan 8, 2008 10:32 PM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Steven Woody wrote:
>
> > On Jan 8, 2008 3:20 PM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> Steven Woody wrote:
> >>
> >> > hi frederic,
> >> >
> >> > i tried acording your recipe.  but got,
> >> >
> >> > ./tools/jam/src/bin.cygwinx86/bjam link=static threading=single
> >> > runtime-link=shared --layout=system --user-config=user-config.jam
> >> > --without-python release
> >> > syntax error at EOF
> >> >
> >> > i think there are something error in user-config.jam or Makefile.
> >> >
> >> > below is my Makefile:
> >> >
> >> > BJAM=./tools/jam/src/bin.cygwinx86/bjam
> >> > BJAM_CONFIG=link=static threading=single runtime-link=shared
> >> > --layout=system PREFIX=/cygdrive/c/boost
> >> > EPREFIX=/cygdrive/c/boost
> >> > LIBDIR=/cygdrive/c/boost/lib
> >> > INCLUDEDIR=/cygdrive/c/boost/include
> >> > LIBS= --without-python realease
> >> > ...
> >> >
> >> > and my user-config.jam:
> >> >
> >> > # Compiler configuration
> >> > using gcc : : : <cflags>-DBOOST_POSIX_API <cflags>-DBOOST_POSIX_PATH
> >> > <cxxflags>-DBOOST_POSIX_API <cxxflags>-DBOOST_POSIX_PATH
> >> > compilerflags>-DBOOST_POSIX_API <compilerflags>-DBOOST_POSIX_PATH;
> >>
> >> There should be a space before ';'.
> >>
> >> - Volodya
> >>
> >
> >
> > thank you, it built and seems okay!  just one more question:  in the
> > installation directory, i see libboost_thread-mt.a instead of
> > libboost_thread.a, is it normal?
>
> Boost.Thread is surely built with multi-threading on, so what you get is
> expected.
>
>

thanks for all you inputs!