Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.35 build problem

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-20 00:52:23

Steven Watanabe wrote:

> AMDG
> 
> Johan RÃ¥de wrote:
>> I downloaded Boost 1.35 Head from SVN.
>> I built it with the command:
>>
>> bjam --toolset=msvc-7.1 --NO_ZLIB=0 -sZLIB_SOURCE=C:/Qt/3.3.8/src/3rdparty/zlib install
>>
>> Then I tried to rebuild our app. I got the linking error:
>>
>> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_serialization-vc71-mt-1_35.lib'
>>
>> The folder C:/Boost/lib does not contain the file libboost_serialization-vc71-mt-1_35.lib.
>> It seems it was not built. The folder contains
>>
>> boost_serialization-vc71-mt-1_35.dll
>> boost_serialization-vc71-mt-1_35.lib
>> boost_serialization-vc71-mt.lib
>>
>> but no other xxx_serialization_yyy libs.
>>
>> The same happens with the other Boost libs,
>> not just with the serialization lib.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be,
>> or what additional information I should provide?
>>   
> --build-type=complete

Better not, that just wastes energy building zillion variants when
you only need one. Instead, request the specific variant you want,
like:

        bjam link=static threading=multi toolset=msvc-7.1

-  Volodya