Re: [Boost-users] Specifying which version of gcc to use when compiling boost

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-29 11:58:11

on Tue Jul 29 2008, "Simon Lacroix" <slacroix-AT-rossvideo.com> wrote:

> Hello all, 
>
>           I have a system with both gcc version 3.4 and gcc version 3.2 installed (distro is RHE4). I am trying to compile the filesystem package using 3.2 but for some reason it always seem to pick gcc 3.4. 
>
> I tried the following (as specified in section 5.2.2 of the unix getting started guide) : 
>
> ./configure .. -with-toolset=gcc-3.2.3 
>
> Performing a make after that tells me that it doesn't know anything about the tool and then give me a list of tool (basically all tools name with no version)
>
> Doing this however works but it uses version 3.4
>
> ./configure .. -with-toolset=gcc
>
> Both cc and gcc executable points to gcc 3.2.3 the version that I want to use. 
>
> Anybody can point me out what I am missing ? 

try putting a file called "user-config.jam" in your home directory,
containing:

  using gcc : 3.2 : /path/to/gcc-3.2/binary/g++ ;
  using gcc : 3.4 ;

That *should* make things work for you.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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