Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Filesystem with MSVC8 & STLPort linker errors

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Filesystem with MSVC8 & STLPort linker errors
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-12 17:07:46

AMDG

Craig Henderson wrote:
> # ----------------------
> # STLPort configuration.
> # ----------------------
> using stlport : : ...\STLport\STLport-5.2.1\stlport
> ...\STLport\STLport-5.2.1\lib\vc8 ;
>   

This won't work.  First of all, you're missing a ':'.  The syntax is
using stlport : <version> : <headers> : <libraries> ;
Second and more importantly, bjam treats \ as an escape character.
Use forward slashes.  Boost.Build should translate the paths to
use backslashes when invoking the compiler.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe