Re: [Boost-users] [boost-users] Build boost libraries (e.g. filesystem) with gcc and -m32

From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-11 09:01:00

Andreas Profous wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm working on Intel Core2 Duo machine running Linux and have the
> following problem:
> 
> I want to compile 32-bit versions of the boost libs with gcc, so that
> I can link and create 32bit programs.
> Unfortunately if I use
> bjam --toolset=gcc stage
> 
> the libraries are built as 64bit libraries so if I link I get the
> following error:
>>g++ filesystem_test.cpp -g -m32 -c -o filesystem_test.o -L../boost/boost_1_35_0/stage/lib
>>-I../boost/boost_1_35_0 g++ filesystem_test.o -L../boost/boost_1_35_0/stage/lib -m32 -o
>>filesystem_test -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible
> .../boost/boost_1_35_0/stage/lib/libboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt.so when
> searching for -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt
> 
> If I omit -m32 everything works fine.
> Help is very much appreciated,

Add architecture=x86 address-model=32 to bjam command line.

- Volodya