Re: [Boost-users] [general] boost 1.35.0 library naming and bjam arguments priorities

From: damny_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-07-12 03:46:13

> > hi,
> > 
> > for building boost 1.35.0 with bjam 3.1.16 and mingw gcc 3.4.5 on winxp sp2 i created a *.BAT-file
> > like follows:
> > 
> > @echo off
> > SETLOCAL
> > SET MINGW=C:\Development_Compiler\MinGW
> > SET PYTHN=C:\Development_Compiler\Python25
> > SET BUILD=C:\Development_Libs\Boost_v1.35.0
> > SET path=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;%MINGW%\Bin
> > cls
> > bjam.exe -a "-sTOOLS=mingw" "-sGCC_ROOT_DIRECTORY=%MINGW%" "-sPYTHON_ROOT=%PYTHN%"
> > "-sPYTHON_VERSION=2.5" 
> 
> All the -s option above have no effect.
> 
> > --link=static --runtime-link=static --threading=single --optimization=on 
> > --toolset=gcc --build-dir=%BUILD% --build-type=complete install ENDLOCAL
> 
> Remove "--" in front of all properties.  "--build-dir" and "--build-type" are options
> and need "--". Everything else is properties, which tell what flavour of binaries you
> want to get, and don't need "--".
> 
> - Volodya

hi volodya and all others,

thanks for your responses.

a)
but there is one thing i don't understand. why i got libs like
  boost_xyz.a
  boost_xyz.dll
  libboost_xyz.a
without doing any rename while builing boost 1.34.1 with bjam 3.1.15?

b)
why the -s options have no effect? version "-sPYTHON_VERSION=2.5" of desired python and libpython25.a in "-sPYTHON_ROOT=%PYTHN%" (...\lib) is found by bjam. finally it compiles and works well (boost 1.34.1 with bjam 3.1.15 and nearly identical BAT-file).
aside from this, http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/doc/html/jam/usage.html says

  -s var=value
      set the variable var to value, overriding both internal variables and variables imported from the environment. 

  Command-line and Environment Variable Quoting
  ... Boost Jam remedies that by treating all such settings as a single string if they are surrounded by double-quotes. ...  (all surrounding by me, and not only the value part)

daniel
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